Martha S. Jones (University of Michigan) has an
opinion piece on CNN that brings her historical research to bear on the Supreme Court's recent decision in
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action. Here's an excerpt from the opening paragraphs:
In Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action,
Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the plurality, cast doubt upon the
court's capacity to deliberate over race cases -- and mixed-raced
people were said to be the culprits.
Kennedy wrote that "not
all individuals of the same race think alike." Fair enough. But then he
went on to suggest that mixed-race people confound the court's capacity
to "define individuals according to race."
. . .
Kennedy's view feels familiar: There is nothing new about regarding mixed-race people as a problem in the United States.
Read on
here.
