The incoherence of racial classification laws required escalating violence to enforce

Evidence

If racial classification of “Whites,” “Coloureds,” and “Africans” in the legislation was definitively incoherent and circular, residential segregation was brutally executed, and resistance was violently suppressed. The more incoherent the legislation, the more repressive the violence it took to enforce. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1543 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racialized neighborhood boundaries are violently enforced against Black and brown bodies — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 490; Incoherent racial legislation required escalating violence to enforce — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1543; Challenged racial absolutism escalates violence rather than moderating it (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Incoherent racial legislation required escalating violence to enforce #corroborates (0.98) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 1543