White by Law

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White by Law is written by Ian Haney Lopez and published by NYU Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0814750990 (ISBN 10) and 9780814750995 (ISBN 13).

Lopez (U. of Wisconsin; U. of California-Berkeley) explores the social and legal origins of white racial identity, examining cases in America's past instrumental in forming contemporary conceptions of race, law, and whiteness. He traces the reasoning employed by the courts in their efforts to justify whiteness and nonwhiteness, revealing the criteria used up until 1952 to determine whiteness and thus suitability for citizenship, and looks at race relations today. Includes a list of cases and excerpts from selected cases. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR