Vinay Harpalani

University of New Mexico - School of Law

1117 Stanford, N.E. MSC11 6070

1 University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM 87131

United States

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Scholarly Papers (27)

1.

DesiCrit: Theorizing the Racial Ambiguity of South Asian Americans

69 NYU Annual Survey of American Law 77 (2013), Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2013-30
Number of pages: 109 Posted: 13 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2015
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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racialization, race, racial ambiguity, South Asian Americans, desis, U.S. v. Thind, Critical Race Theory, CRT, DesiCrit, racial microclimes

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‘Safe Spaces’ and the Educational Benefits of Diversity

13 Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy 117 (2017)
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 31 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2018
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Safe Spaces, Diversity

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Diversity within Racial Groups and the Constitutionality of Race-Conscious Admissions

15 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 46 (2012), Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2012-01, Seattle University School of Law Research Paper No. 12-29
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 19 Jun 2012 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2015
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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affirmative action, diversity, higher education, race-conscious, admissions, critical mass, strict scrutiny

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Racial Triangulation, Interest-Convergence, and the Double-Consciousness of Asian Americans

Georgia State University Law Review, Forthcoming, UNM School of Law Research Paper No. 2021-06
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2021
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Critical Race Theory, Asian Americans, affirmative action

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Asian Americans, Racial Stereotypes, and Elite University Admissions

Boston University Law Review, Vol. 102, No. 1, 2022, UNM School of Law Research Paper No. 2022-04
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 18 Oct 2021 Last Revised: 06 Apr 2022
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Asian Americans, racial stereotypes, affirmative action, negative action, race-conscious university admissions

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To Be White, Black, or Brown? South Asian Americans and the Race-Color Distinction

14 Washington University Global Studies Law Review 609 (2015)
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2018
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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race, color, South Asian Americans

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From Roach Powder to Radical Humanism: Professor Derrick Bell's 'Critical' Constitutional Pedagogy

36 Seattle University Law Review xxiii (2013), Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2013-13
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 18 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 30 Aug 2013
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Derrick Bell, constitutional law, law pedagogy, radical humanism, education

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Fisher's Fishing Expedition

15 U. Pa. J. Const. L. Height. Scrutiny 57 (2013) , Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2013-02
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2015
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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affirmative action, diversity, higher education, university, race-conscious, admissions

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Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Awakening: A South Asian Becoming 'Critically' Aware of Race in America

11 Berkeley Journal of African-American Law & Policy 71 (2009), Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 30 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2016
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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race, South Asian American, America, racial ambiguity, Critical Race Theory, racial justice

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Narrowly Tailored but Broadly Compelling: Defending Race-Conscious Admissions after Fisher

45 Seton Hall Law Review 761 (2015), Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper No. 2014-06
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 29 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2016
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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affirmative action, diversity, higher education, university, race-conscious, admissions

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What Does ‘Acting White’ Really Mean? Racial Identity Formation and Academic Achievement among Black Youth

1(1) Perspectives on Urban Education
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 08 May 2018
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Racial Identity, Academic Achievement, Black Students

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The Double-Consciousness of Race-Consciousness and the Bermuda Triangle of University Admissions

17 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 821 (2015)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2015
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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affirmative action, diversity, higher education, university, race-conscious, admissions, Derrick Bell, Critical Race Theory, double consciousness

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Victory is Defeat: The Ironic Consequence of Justice Scalia's Death for Fisher v. University of Texas

164 University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online 155 (2016)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 21 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2016
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Affirmative Action, Justice Antonin Scalia, Critical Race Theory

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Can 'Asians' Truly Be Americans?

27 Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice 559 (2021), UNM School of Law Research Paper No. 2021-10
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 29 Jun 2022
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Asian Americans, stereotypes, diversity, identity

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Civil Rights Law in Living Color

79 Maryland Law Review 881 (2020), UNM School of Law Research Paper No. 2019-11
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 08 Apr 2019 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2020
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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race, color, civil rights

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Counterstereotypic Identity Among High-Achieving Black Students

14(1) Perspectives on Urban Education
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 May 2018
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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achievement, racial stereotypes, identity formation, African American students

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affirmative action, diversity, higher education, university, race-conscious, admissions

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Brief of Legal Scholars Defending Diversity in Higher Education as Amici Curiae in Support of Respondents, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, et al. (14-981)

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 20 Apr 2021
Shakira D. Pleasant and Vinay Harpalani
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law and University of New Mexico - School of Law
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affirmative action, diversity, higher education, university, race-conscious, admissions

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'Climbing on the Backs of Others': A Critique of Randall Kennedy and Barack Obama’s Black Respectability Politics

623 Black Commentator (Oct. 1, 2015)
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 30 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 09 Oct 2020
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Race, Respectability, Identity

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Testing the Limits: Asian Americans and the Debate over Standardized Entrance Exams

73 South Carolina Law Review 759 (2022), UNM School of Law Research Paper No. 2022-27
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 02 Dec 2022
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Asian Americans, Education, Critical Race Theory

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'Trumping' Affirmative Action

66 Villanova Law Review Tolle Lege 1 (2021), UNM School of Law Research Paper No. 2020-14
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 16 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2021
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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affirmative action, race-conscious university admissions, DOJ

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'Gifted with Second-Sight': Professor Derrick Bell the Teacher

In G. J. Ladson-Billings & W. F. Tate IV (Eds.), Covenant Keeper: Derrick Bell’s Enduring Education Legacy (Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 04 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 21 Jun 2021
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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constitutional law, critical pedagogy

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“With All Deliberate Speed”: The Ironic Demise of (and Hope For) Affirmative Action

76 SMU Law Review Forum 91 (forthcoming 2023)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 27 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 19 May 2023
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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affirmative action, diversity, higher education, university, race-conscious, admissions

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Note, Maintaining Educational Adequacy in Times of Recession: Judicial Review of State Education Budget Cuts

85 New York University Law Review 258 (2010), Chicago-Kent College of Law Research Paper
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Nov 2012
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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education, recession, judicial review, education budget cuts, educational adequacy, remedial compliance

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American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Issue Brief: Defending the Constitutionality of Race-Conscious University Admissions

9 Advance: Journal of ACS Issue Briefs 73 (2015)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 27 Mar 2016
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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affirmative action, diversity, higher education, university, race-conscious, admissions

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Race-Conscious Admissions, Diversity, and Academic Freedom

Vinay Harpalani, Race-Conscious Admissions, Diversity, and Academic Freedom, 22 UNIV. OF PENN. JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ONLINE 101 (2019).
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2020
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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Simple Justice or Complex Injustice?: American Racial Dynamics and the Ironies of Brown and Grutter

3(1) Perspectives on Urban Education
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 03 May 2018
Vinay Harpalani
University of New Mexico - School of Law
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