Why read How Race Is Made in America?

Book cover of How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Power of Racial Scripts

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How Race Is Made in America examines Mexican Americans--from 1924, when American law drastically reduced immigration into the United States, to 1965, when many quotas were abolished--to understand how broad themes of race and citizenship are constructed. These years shaped the emergence of what Natalia Molina describes as an immigration…

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Laura Hooton, Paul Spickard, and Francisco Beltrán

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A focused examination of the relation between race and immigration in the United States, Natalia Molina looks at the effect of racialized immigration views and policies on Mexican migrants during the first half of the twentieth century. Her theory of racial scripts, she argues, is the product of race-based views of American identity. A must-read for scholars of immigration and race, especially for understanding how racialization of one group can occur and impact others across United States history.

From Laura, Paul, and Francisco's list on the history of race, ethnicity, and colonialism in the US.