Anti-miscegenation
statutes and Asian Americans
nAnti-miscegenation
statutes exist across the country (not just in Jim Crow South)
nStatutes
existed to preserve white racial identity—any group perceived as non-white was
prohibited from mixing with whites
nNo
anti-miscegenation statute was aimed solely at Asian Americans
nIn
states where non-whites were prohibited from marrying whites, Asian Americans were
included when they constituted a visible presence (more than 1/2000th of the state’s population)
nKarthikeyan
& Hrishi, Preserving
Racial Identity: Population Patterns and the Application of Anti-Miscegenation Statutes to
Asian Americans, 1910-1950, Berkeley Asian L. J. (2002)