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Asian Americans and U.S. Law

Bringing the Aliens Home: The Influence of False Narratives on Judicial Decision Making in the Amerasian Context (2017)

Trúe Doan, 24 Asian Am. L.J. 69

This fascinating article identifies potentially false narratives about Amerasians and provides examples of them in judicial decisionmaking. Please read at least sections II.C. "American Blood" / "American Face", and section III.D. on Nguyen v. INS.

Note: You may generally ignore the footnotes throughout the article, unless you find them interesting.