Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Imigration Control by Hernandez. Kelly
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In Racist by Design, historian Kelly Lytle Hernández examines two centuries of U.S. immigration control and argues that racial exclusion has been a central feature of the system's development. She traces this history from restrictions on Black migration following the Haitian Revolution through Chinese exclusion and the immigration policies shaped by eugenicists and segregationists in the early twentieth century.
Lytle Hernández also examines how Supreme Court decisions, federal laws, enforcement practices, and later civil rights-era reforms shaped the modern immigration system. She argues that although immigration law changed substantially over time, some earlier structures of racial inequality persisted. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
Drawing on extensive historical research, Racist by Design offers a critical history of American immigration policy and the relationship between race, labor, citizenship, and immigration enforcement.
- Title: Racist by Design: Two Centuries of U.S. Immigration Control
- Author: Kelly Lytle Hernández
- Format: Hardcover
- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Publication Date: September 22, 2026
- Genre: U.S. History / Immigration / Race & Ethnicity
- ISBN: 9781324117094
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