Prohibir el mestizaje con chinos: solicitudes de amparo, Sonora, 1921-1935

Kif Augustine-Adams

doi:10.3989/revindias.2012.013

Authors

Kif Augustine-Adams J. Reuben Clark Law School, Brigham Young University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/revindias.2012.013

Keywords:

Mexico, Chinese, discrimination, Matrimonial Unions, Legal Processes

Abstract

In the state of Sonora, Mexico, at the beginning of the Twentieth Century, the Chinese population faced vicious discrimination including Law 31. Promulgated by the state legislature in late 1923, Law 31 prohibited marriage and other intimate relations between Chinese men and Mexican women. Through amparo petitions in federal court, up to and including the Supreme Court of Mexico, Chinese Mexican couples challenged the discrimination inherent in Law 31. Chinese Mexican amparo petitions against Law 31 demonstrate both the challenges and possibilities that law provided to the disenfranchised in Mexico at the beginning of the Twentieth Century.

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