this group or de facto societal biases and prejudices. This particular incident serves as evidence of this societal bias.
Angelo Ancheta (2) has argued that Asians in the U.S. have been placed in a ôracial limboö in part because they are a so-called ômodel minorityö and in part because the major racial discourse in this country has addressed the black-white divide. This situation, said Ancheta (3), persists because contemporary anti-discrimination laws ignore the distinctive problems facing immigrants and non-citizens, including Asian-Americans, who have long been the targets of nativist and xenophobic policies. One recalls, for example, that the Asian workers ôrecruitedö to build the transcontinental rail system were victims of periodic nativist violence, that Asian-Americans are subject to strict immigration quotas that make migration difficult, and that during World War II Japanese-Americans were placed in internment camps for the duration of the War without recourse to due process (Ancheta 45û48). Ancheta (15) takes the position, which resonates with this writer, that it is necessary to move beyond ôa black-white model of racial jurisprudenceö to ensure that real justice for this minority will be forthcoming. As Ancheta (171) puts it, ôIndeed, law itself is often at the root of the problem.ö
Part of the problem as identified by Lynette Clemetson (61) is that Asian-Americans, unlike other minority groups that have been victimized by unfair public policy, laws, and disparate treatment (as well as overt discrimination and hate crimes, inc
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