Bibliograph

What blood won't tell, a history of race on trial in America, Ariela J. Gross

Type

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What blood won't tell, a history of race on trial in America, Ariela J. Gross

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What blood won't tell

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

213385000

Responsibility statement

Ariela J. Gross

Sub title

a history of race on trial in America

Summary

Gross (Univ. of Southern California, School of Law) writes an amazing book that addresses the relationship between race and citizenship in the US. This book reminds us that the imaginary connection between racial identity and fitness for citizenship remains potent today and continues to impede racial justice and equality. Challenging the presumption of many scholars of the dominance of the one-drop rule in conferring black status, Gross argues that despite the rule, in court and by custom, racial boundaries were much more fluid and flexible yet, primarily in the service of white supremacy. Through a close reading of racial identity trials in America, this book offers an eloquent contribution to ongoing debates over affirmative action, identity politics and the construction of a "colorblind" society

Table Of Contents

The common sense of race -- Performing whiteness -- Race as association -- Citizenship of the "little races" -- Black Indian identity in the allotment era -- From nation to race in Hawai'i -- Racial science, immigration, and the "white races" -- Mexican Americans and the "Caucasian cloak."

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