Introduction : the modern American law of race --
The rise of modern racial classification --
The borderlands of legal whiteness : the anomalous Hispanic category --
The borderlands of legal whiteness : Italian, Polish, Jewish, Armenian, and Cajun Americans --
The borderlands of legal whiteness : South Asian, Arab, Iranian, and multiracial Americans --
The borderlands of legal whiteness : American Indians --
The strange career of government-mandated racial categories in scientific and medical research --
Conclusion : where do we go from here : the separation of race and state?
