How the Government Created Racial Categories

Published: Sept. 28, 2022, 2:31 p.m.

Americans are understandably squeamish about official racial and ethnic classifications. Nevertheless, these classifications are ubiquitous in American life\u2014and their boundaries are policed by the government.

On this week's special episode, Manhattan Institute senior fellow and director of constitutional studies Ilya Shapiro\xa0moderates a panel featuring\xa0David Bernstein, professor at the George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School;\xa0Glenn Loury, Manhattan Institute Paulson fellow; and\xa0Adrienne Davis, professor at Washington University Law School. Bernstein's new book, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America, is out now.