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29 T. Jefferson L. Rev. 161 (2006-2007)
Multiracialism and Reparations: The Intersection of the Multiracial Category and Reparations Movements

handle is hein.journals/tjeflr29 and id is 165 raw text is: MULTIRACIALISM AND REPARATIONS: THE INTERSECTION OF THE MULTIRACIAL CATEGORY AND REPARATIONS MOVEMENTS Angelique M. Davis* INTRODUCTION Current reparations discourse raises not only the age old question of who is black? but also the political and legal complexities of making this determination in light of the recent Multiracial Category Movement (MCM). This movement seeks to create a separate multiracial classification on all private and public data collection forms. This essay argues that while the MCM's goals are not optimal for the Reparations Movement, it is becoming a formidable political force that must be considered by the Reparations Movement. This can be accomplished by using the concept of political blackness' to unify the legal and political goals of those with black ancestry who desire redress for slavery and Jim Crow. 2 Angelique M. Davis is a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at Seattle University. Special thanks to Margaret Chon for her feedback on my research and her leadership of the Seattle University Center for the Study of Justice in Society's Reparations Seminar. I would also like to thank Roy L. Brooks for his feedback on my research at the Taking Reparations Seriously Conference. Finally, I would like to thank my research assistants Candice Allen, Darcel Desjardins, and Boyoon Choi for their assistance on this project. 1. This concept is a variation of the concept of political blackness that was later changed to political race by Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres, which transcends racial lines to coalesce social justice movements. See LANI GUINIER & GERALD TORRES, THE MINER'S CANARY: ENLISTING RACE, RESISTING POWER, TRANSFORMING DEMOCRACY 13-14 (2002) (explaining the decision to abandon the concept of political blackness in favor of political race due to inquiries about the scope of political blackness and the discovery that many black Americans were offended by opening up the category black to all races because it negated the reality of their experience as black as well as their cultural community). 2. Throughout this article, a reference to multiracial individuals is to those black-other mixed individuals who define themselves as multiracial. The

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