The Scholar

The goal of The Scholar is to give “a voice to the voiceless.”   The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Minority Issues strives to speak to all of the members of our society about minority issues: to inform them, to share with them, to educate them, and to grow with them. 

In today’s climate, where affirmative action is seen as an unnecessary evil, and discrimination is viewed as a problem of the past, since resolved, this journal wishes to extend and further the discourse of issues that touch upon race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual identity, as well as the countless other labels applied to individuals and groups in our society.

Our primary goal is to educate ourselves, and in the process, offer some different perspectives not often allowed or sought after in our society.  The Scholar members will strive diligently and honestly to produce articles that will offer insights into the daily struggles of minorities today.

We hope and anticipate that the articles published in The Scholar will be building blocks with which to build an understanding of the issues that face all of us today.  Our hope is that these building blocks will form bridges: bridges to bring together all the members in our society, bridges to connect all the groups that comprise our community, bridges to access self-discovery and an understanding of the ‘other.’

We wish to add to the existing discourse on the role of law and hegemony in the lives and identities of minorities.

We hope that the work of this journal will be transformative; that it will educate, inform, and enlighten those who participate.  We wish to create an environment that will allow everyone to learn, to teach, to share, to work together, and to contribute to the legal and educational communities.

Finally, we offer this journal as a sign for hope for a promising future and for a better understanding of all of the members within our society.