White by Law 10th Anniversary Edition: The Legal Construction of Race (Critical America Series) PDF
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Praise for the 1st edition of White by Law As Ian F. Haney López shows in White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race, immigrants recognized the value of whiteness and sometimes petitioned the courts to be recognized as white. Through an analysis of the ‘prerequisite cases’ in the 19th and 20th centuries, López argues for the centrality of law in con- structing race.” —Village Voice Literary Supplement “This book is remarkable for sheer information value, but draws its analytic power from the emphasis on Whiteness to make sense of racial oppression.... Haney López convincingly demonstrates that the United States is ideologically White not by accident but by design....a provocative and worthwhile volume, highly recommended for graduate students and faculty.” —Choice “Haney López shares with us an historical narrative, one that few contemporary Americans know. It is a narrative about citizenship and racism....Those who want to pretend that racism is nothing but a ghost from a distant past must ig- nore history. The work of legal historians like Haney López and books like White by Lawmake it harder to indulge in this delusion of a color-blind society. This alone makes the book a worthy read.” —Buffalo Law Review “Haney López has written a great book. White by Law: The Legal Construction of Racedeserves the highest praise that his colleagues in the academy can give a scholarly study: sympathetic readers and reviewers may be prompted to say, ‘I wish I’d written that.’ Haney López’s book is perhaps one of the finest works yet produced by the Critical Race Theory (CRT) movement.” —Asian Law Journal “Demonstrating the complexities of race relation is where White by Lawbegins, not ends....Haney López has blazed a trail for those exploring the legal and so- cial constructions of race in the United States.” —Berkeley Women’s Law Journal “White by Law...drives home how race has been legally constructed, con- sciously and unconsciously, with great clarity and force. [Haney López’s] norma- tive argument is equally compelling. A fine contribution to important debates.” —The American Journal of Legal History “While his research is based upon the technicalities of legal cases, this book never becomes bogged down in law-review prose. This examination of the legal con- struction of ‘race’ is an important contribution to contemporary debates about the role of Whites in American racism.” —Contemporary Sociology “Unreservedly recommended as integral to the reading list of the so-called ethnic studies programs. Of course, the general critical reader is also invited to take a sumptuous bite.” —New York Amsterdam News “A fascinating, useful book about race in American society. It should be required reading for anyone interested in the current immigration debate, but it is also an important, original contribution to critical race theory.” —Duncan Kennedy, Harvard Law School “With a clear and lucid style, Haney López takes us to the cutting edge of race theory: the construction of whiteness....His book is unsettling, thought-pro- voking, and iconoclastic.” —Angela Harris, University of California, Berkeley “An important contribution to our understanding of the role the law has played in the social architecture of race, race consciousness, and specifically white race consciousness in American life.” —Gerald Torres, University of Texas, Austin “Ian F. Haney López performs a major service for anyone truly interested in un- derstanding contemporary debates over racial and ethnic politics. He thoroughly investigates and illuminates centuries of legal interpretation of the term ‘white,’ a trait required for so long before a noncitizen could attain citizenship in the United States. By documenting an enduring judicial resistance to evidence—whether founded in admittedly problematic expert claims or in empirical observations— White by Lawexposes the dangerous power of prejudice given the force of law. This is a sobering and crucial lesson for a society committed to equality and fair- ness.” —Martha Minow, Harvard Law School White by Law Critical America General Editors: RICHARD DELGADO and JEAN STEFANCIC White by Law: The Legal Construction of Race by Ian Haney López, originally published in 1996, was the inaugural book in the Critical America series. For a complete list of titles in the series, please visit the New York University Press website at www.nyupress.org. White by Law The Legal Construction of Race Revised and Updated 10th Anniversary Edition Ian Haney López a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org˚ © 2006 by New York University All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Haney López, Ian. White by law : the legal construction of race / by Ian Haney López.— Rev. and updated, 10th anniversary ed. p. cm.—(Critical America) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-3698-2 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8147-3698-X (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-3694-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8147-3694-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Race discrimination—Law and legislation—United States. 2. Whites—Legal status, laws, etc.—United States. I. Title. II. Series. KF4755.H36 2006 342.7308'73—dc22 2006010913 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Manufactured in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 p 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To my family Terrence Eugene Haney Maria Daisy López de Haney and Garth Mark Haney with love. Then, what is white? —Ex parte Shahid
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