Debates over mixed-blood children’s upbringing made sentimental formation a political concern.

Evidence

This is why moral panics are condensed political struggles to control the means of cultural reproduction. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 131 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Colonial archive labels disclosed political anxieties about mixed-blood domesticity.; Moral panics are often rooted in political struggles over values. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 131; Officials feared scientific knowledge would breed political entitlement among mixed-bloods

Broader Connections