Brown ThreatWhat is brown inand beyondthe context of American identity politics? How has the concept changed since 9 11? In the most sustained examination of these questions to date, Kumarini Silva argues that brown is no longer conceived of solely as a cultural, ethnic, or political identity. Instead, after 9 11, the Patriot Act, and the wars in Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, it has also become a concept and, indeed, a strategy of identificationone rooted in