Mixed Race America and the Law: A Reader (Critical America Series)
“In tackling the meaning and implications of mixed race identity in American legal culture, Kevin Johnson provides a crucial contribution to the next wave of critical race theory. This insightful and thought-provoking collection links the history of anti-miscegenation laws to current debates surrounding multiracial identity.Mixed Race Americachallenges the binary construction of race and unveils contested elements of American identity.”-Mary Romero,Arizona State University“It is now standard fare to say that America is increasingly becoming a ‘mixed-raced’ society. But what precisely does that mean? And how does the invocation of the mixed race category shape our thinking about race and discrimination? Exciting and timely, this anthology engages these, among other, questions. It is a must read. Creatively organized to address a number of important themes, the book provides a wonderful indication of what it might mean to take American multiracialism seriously.”-Devon W. Carbado,University of California, Los Angeles“The first work of its type . . . It offers a wide selection of material, almost all of it thoughtful and provocative.”-Trial,“Mixed Race America and the Lawis . . . a provocative introduction to racial mixture and the law.”-Journal of Ethnic History,“InMixed Race America and the Law: A Reader, Kevin R. Johnson has edited one of the most important and timely anthologies on the general topic of race mixture and the law.”-The Law and Politics Book Review,