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

Promotional Information

This ground-breaking anthology examines the mixed race experience and the impact of law on mixed race citizens in America.

About the Author

Kevin R. Johnson is Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicano/a Studies at the University of California Davis. His books include Mixed Race America and the Law: A Reader (NYU Press, 2002) and The “Huddled Masses” Myth: Immigration and Civil Rights.

Reviews

"Mixed Race America and the Law is...a provocative introduction to racial mixture and the law." -- Journal of Ethnic History "The first work of its type... It offers a wide selection of material, almost all of it thoughtful and provocative>" -- Trial "In Mixed 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