...Andrew Parayil Boge This paper returns to United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind to take a closer look at the rhetorical logics within the case to understand how race-making discourses solidify the place of South Asian Americans within racial hierarchies. The author contends, an engagement...

...Stanley Thangaraj Utilizing Tyehimba Jess’s conception of “double-jointed,” the author interprets the Bhagat Singh Thind case in relation to the Takeo Ozawa case as a way to engage spatially and historically. Through such a comparison, the author underscores the importance of comparative...

...Philip Deslippe Using newspaper articles and previously sealed court records, this article analyses Bhagat Singh Thind through his almost entirely overlooked short and turbulent marriage to Inez Buelen, a marriage that occurred less than a year after the Supreme Court decision that ruled Thind...

...Amrit Deol In 1923, the landmark Supreme Court case, United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind determined that Bhagat Singh Thind and all other “Hindus” were ineligible for citizenship because they did not meet the “common understanding” of white. This article explores the debates surrounding...