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I'm watching a PBS documentary that describes in detail ~60 years in the late 1800s-early 1900s when those of Chinese origin were legally excluded from becoming American citizens...
omg the #racism & hatred were despicable.
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Note the court case in the image (see video in link below), which has particular relevance w/ #Trump 's attempt to revoke birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants 👀
pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperienc…
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_…
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#USA #immigration #MyThoughts
The Chinese Exclusion Act
Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens.americanexperience
