Tag: Rachel F. Moran

  • Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance. By Rachel F. Moran [Bartholet Review] The Journal of Interdisciplinary History Volume 33, Number 2 (Autumn 2002) pages 320–322 DOI: 10.1162/00221950260209039 Elizabeth Bartholet, Morris Wasserstein Professor of Law Harvard Law School Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance. By Rachel F. Moran (Chicago, University of Chicago…

  • Struck by Lightning? Interracial Intimacy and Racial Justice Human Rights Quarterly Volume 25, Number 2, May 2003 pages 528-562 DOI: 10.1353/hrq.2003.0017 Kevin R. Johnson, Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies University of California, Davis Kristina L. Burrows Rachel F. Moran, Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance (Chicago and…

  • In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriage were unconstitutional in Loving vs. Virginia. Although this case promotes marital freedom and racial equality, there are still significant legal and social barriers to the free formation of intimate relationships.

  • Here, I will explore Loving’s unintended consequences by considering why the Court took so much for granted and how the opinion later was deployed in unexpected ways. After briefly examining the facts and holdings in the case, I will show that the Justices accepted monoracial categories as a given, despite evidence of multiracial complexity.

  • In contrast to Blacks and Asians, anti-miscegenation laws were seldom applied to Native Americans and never mentioned Latinos. The reasons for the lenient treatment of Latinos and Native Americans are quite similar. In both cases, these groups first came into contact with Whites when frontiers were being settled. At the outset, Whites had much to…

  • Although anti-miscegenation laws generally have been analyzed as racial legislation, they also can tell us a great deal about intimacy. These provisions have certainly been used to define and entrench racial difference, but they are also a means to set the boundaries of sexual decency and marital propriety. Here, I will use the comparative experience…

  • The Loving opinion treated race as a monolithic and meaningful category, even though the realities of the case itself subverted this account. The litigation arose in Caroline County, Virginia, a place called the “passing capital of America” because so many light-skinned blacks were mistaken for whites. In addition, the Jeters made clear that “Richard [wasn’t]…

  • Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation of Race and Romance The University of Chicago Press 2001 232 pages 6 x 9 Paper ISBN: 9780226536637 Rachel F. Moran, Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles As late as the 1960s, states could legally punish minorities who either had sex with or married persons…

  • Interracial Intimacy and the Potential for Social Change Berkeley Women’s Law Journal University of California, Berkeley Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper Series 2002 pp. 153-164 Stephanie M. Wildman, Professor of Law and Director of Center for Social Justice and Public Service Santa Clara University School of Law Moran, Rachel F.  (2001).  Interracial Intimacy: The Regulation…

  • Race Law Stories Foundation Press 2008 624 pages ISBN-13: 9781599410012 Edited by Rachel F. Moran, Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles Devon Wayne Carbado, Professor of Law University of California, Los Angeles Race Law Stories brings to life well-known and not-so-well known legal opinions—hidden gems—that address slavery, Native American…