What blood won't tell : a history of race on trial in America

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What blood won't tell : a history of race on trial in America
Title remainder
a history of race on trial in America
Statement of responsibility
Ariela J. Gross
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Language
eng
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
Awards note
Lillian Smith Book Award, 2009
Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
305.800973
Index
index present
LC call number
KF4755
LC item number
.G76 2008
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography

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