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As late as the 1960s, states could legally punish minorities who either had sex with or married persons outside of their racial groups. S. The writing is clear and accessible, the evidence is evocative, and the ideas are challenging."—Beth Kiyoko Jamieson, Law and Politics Book Review"U. government bodies have tried to regulate interracial intimacy from the day Pocahontas married John Rolfe up through Loving v. In this first comprehensive study of the legal regulation of interracial relationships, Rachel Moran grapples with t

"Hmmm." according to Joel B. Kirk. Miss Moran gives a portrait of interracial relationships by giving us a history of laws that affected blacks, Asians, Latinos, and Native Americans who have married whites in past decades (and past centuries). She also gives a portrait of how blacks, Asians, Latinos, and Native Americans 'assimilate' into white culture (primarily white-American culture) if a man or woman of color takes a white partner.She very, very briefly (on page 182-18Hmmm. Miss Moran gives a portrait of interracial relationships by giving us a history of laws that affected blacks, Asians, Latinos, and Native Americans who have married whites in past decades (and past centuries). She also gives a portrait of how blacks, Asians, Latinos, and Native Americans 'assimilate' into white culture (primarily white-American culture) if a man or woman of color takes a white partner.She very, very briefly (on page 182-183) touches on that some individuals in non-white cultures (Asian, Latino, Native American) who. ) touches on that some individuals in non-white cultures (Asian, Latino, Native American) who. A Customer said an okay read for a controversial topic. Moran is a biracial Latina law professor examining the issue of interracial relations in the United States. She starts by suggesting that analyzing race separatism must not end with segregation in schools and housing; we must look at the personal choices of marriage and adoption as well. She gives a history of race-mixing and prohibitions against it, the Loving decision which made such marriages legal in this country, and the modern continuance of most people's choosing same-race coupling. This book was more historical and statisti

While hopeful for America's more multiracial future generations, Moran is well aware of the bureaucratic and public apathy that preserves the segregated status quo. From Publishers Weekly U.S. Her attention to detail can be daunting, but legal scholars will prize her research. Not surprisingly, she finds that differing "racialized images of sexuality" account for many discrepanciese.g., black women don't marry out much; Asian-American women do. With this race-intimacy perspective, Moran traces adoption and child custody policy and census bureau policies on racial identity. The history of interracial intimacy has crucial on