Mixed race America and the law : a reader
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Mixed race America and the law : a reader
（Critical America）
New York University Press, c2003
- : pbk
Available at 8 libraries
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Includes indexes
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Description
For the first time in United States history, the Year 2000 census allowed people to check more than one box to identify their race. This new way of gathering data and characterizing race and ethnicity reflects important changes in how racial identity is understood in America. Besides acknowledging the presence of mixed race citizens, this new understanding promises to have major implications for American law and policy.
With this anthology, Kevin R. Johnson brings together ground-breaking scholarship on the mixed race experience in America to examine the impact of law on these citizens. The foundational essays that comprise the collection present the historical, social, and political contexts surrounding the body of law that addresses race while analyzing the implications of multiracialism. Divided into 12 sections, the reader includes an introduction by Johnson and essential essays by contributors such as Garrett Epps, Judith Resnick, Richard Delgado, Ian Haney-Lopez, Randall Kennedy, and Patricia Hill Collins. Selections address miscegenation, racial classification, interracial adoption, the 2000 census, "passing," and other topics; each section includes questions to promote further discussion. This book is an invaluable resource for examining the complexities of racial categories in modern America.
Table of Contents
part i Miscegenation, Intermarriage, and the Law A. The History of the Anti-Miscegenation Laws B. The Road to Loving v. Virginia and Its Impact C. Beyond Black and White part ii Racial Identity A. Legal Simplicity: The "One Drop" B. Real Complexity C. Mestizaje and La Raza Cosmica D. Indians, Intermarriage, and the Law of Indian Identity part iii "Passing" part iv The Census part v Inheritance Rights part vi Discrimination and "Colorism" part vii Af?rmative Action: "Box Checking" and Advantage-Taking part viii Race, Child Custody, and Transracial Adoption A. Child Custody B. Transracial Adoption C. The Indian Child Welfare Act part ix The Immigration and Naturalization Laws part x Racial Mixture Outside the United States part xi A Mixed Race Society: The End of Racism? part xii Future Mixed Race Legal Studies
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