Martha Menchaca Anti-Miscegenation

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Martha Menchaca’s article “The Anti-Miscegenation History of the American Southwest, 1837 to 1970” focuses on how racist ideologies helped fabricate laws that reflected their society’s racist beliefs and how those laws assisted in legalizing racism. Menchaca also points out that not only were Anglo Americans and African Americans affected by these laws, but that Mexicans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans were also. The sources that Menchaca used in her article were mainly court case, statutes, newspapers, and journals. She mainly focused on court cases and statutes as her main sources such as, Honey v. Clark, Kirby v. Kirby, and Perez v. Sharp. Upon reviewing these sources one can come to a conclusion that the author is using legal history