Mixed Race America and the Law: A ReaderKevin R. Johnson 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. |
Contents
Miscegenation Intermarriage and the Law | 5 |
Racial Purity and Interracial Sex in the | 13 |
Crossing the River of Blood between | 36 |
Perez v Sharp | 43 |
Virginias AntiMiscegenation Statute | 53 |
Loving v Virginia | 60 |
Racial Identity | 97 |
The Devil and the One Drop Rule | 104 |
An Antebellum Perspective | 243 |
Blackwomen Sexual Myth and Jurisprudence | 254 |
Discrimination and Colorism | 261 |
Box Checking and AdvantageTaking | 297 |
Reconsidering Directive No 15 | 306 |
Indian Tribal Sovereignty and Affirmative Action | 312 |
The Determination of Race | 319 |
Race Child Custody and Transracial Adoption | 331 |
Trials of Racial Determination | 111 |
B Real Complexity | 119 |
The Problem of the Shanty | 125 |
Mestizaje and La Raza Cósmica | 131 |
Reflections on LatCrit III and the BlackWhite Paradigm | 135 |
Passing | 153 |
Randall Kennedy | 157 |
Whos Afraid of Tiger Woods? | 172 |
Interrogating Identity | 179 |
The Census | 187 |
The Real World | 200 |
Race and Identity | 224 |
Inheritance Rights | 233 |
B Transracial Adoption | 351 |
Race Sexual Orientation Gender and Disability | 375 |
The Indian Child Welfare Act | 383 |
The Immigration and Naturalization Laws | 405 |
A Comparative Construction | 424 |
Racial Mixture Outside the United States | 433 |
The Determination of Race | 451 |
The End of Racism? | 469 |
Unconvincing | 484 |
Future Mixed Race Legal Studies | 491 |
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About the Editor | 505 |