Law as coercion creates racial categories in three chief ways (Haney López) posted by Charles Johnson at How the Tejanos Became Non-White 21 Jan 2017 1:06 pm
According to Haney López, pp. 116-123, “Law as Coercion,” in its coercive aspect law serves to create racial categories in three chief ways:
- Legal rules have shaped physical appearances
- Positive law has created the racial meanings that attach to physical features
- Positive law establishes the material conditions which often code for race.
[WBL p. 119]
