The discovery doctrine’s racial hierarchy of land rights persists into present-day law.

Evidence

And so the doctrine of discovery forms finally around a gaping disparity, one reconciled only in the ascription of a subordinate racial status. Its effect in these terms persists to this day (e.g., Motha, 1999; Shattuck and Norgren, 1991). — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 238 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The doctrine of discovery persists through a disparity reconciled by ascribing subordinate racial status. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 238; Race persisted as epistemic currency even after its formal abolition as legal criterion; Racial ordering persists by relocating from public law to private spheres — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1845 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• The doctrine of discovery persists through a disparity reconciled by ascribing subordinate racial status. #corroborates (0.95) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 238