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Video : Racist Supreme Court -Policing the boundaries of Whiteness - Rejected for Citizenship - Racial naturalization in the U.S and Rejection because of Racial Contamination
Takao Ozawa v. United States
United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind
After American Citizenship was revoked he commited suicide !
What I have made of my life and my children's lives ???
I can not leave this country and I have no rights now !!!
The Japanese were dispossessed and dislodged
No possibility of buying or leasing land or a house.
Stripped of civil liberties and interned in Concentration Camps.
May 12 2007
Excerpted from "Race: the Power of an Illusion," this clip summarizes two contradicting cases regarding the law of naturalization and race,
Racial naturalization in the U.S: Summary of Ozawa and Thind
May 28, 2007
This episode examines to what extent racism is a product of 17th century economic globalisation. With the huge profits of racism fuelling the slave trade, justification for racism was emphasised by generalisations of the inferiority of non-white Europeans. This was challenged during the Age Of Enlightenment during the 18th century, as well as by slaves themselves, particularly the Black Jacobins of Haiti in the 1790's who, spurred on by the French Revolution, campaigned for their rights and defeated their French masters as well as British invaders.
Racism a History - The Colour of Money Part 1/6
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The Bhagat Singh Thind case reflects how the Supreme Court has historically reflected the current mainstream prejudices in their rulings and how they used their power to perpetuate the prejudices of the time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the videos. Interesting and uncomfortable to watch. Maybe someday we will look back at our current time and see how unfair and prejudicial we still are.
ReplyDeleteDave,
ReplyDeleteIt is sad that at any time in our history that we can look back and ask "why?"
But the wrongs of immigration polices based upon race, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation still persists.
Racism is embedded so far in our American culture that it is still hard, even for good people, to remove every vestigial instrument of racism that impacts our perception of America and our ability to include everyone in everything.