Immigration & citizenship
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In this country, American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.
―Toni Morrison
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America never wanted the tired, poor, huddled masses
Millions of Americans are denied equal protection under the law
The US Border Patrol is racist
The secret history of the Trump administration’s family-separation policy
The racist history of US immigration policy
The structural racism of the US immigration system
US immigration policy: A classic, unappreciated example of structural racism
America’s exclusionary past and present and the judgment of history
The anti-immigration Acts of 1917 & 1924 that slammed the door on immigrants of color
Bhagat Singh Thind, Takao Ozawa & the limits of attaining US citizenship
The legacies of Chinese exclusion
Racialized misogyny & the Page Act of 1875
The long history of xenophobia in America
The importance of teaching Dred Scott
The racist legacy of early immigration law is still alive today
The racist legacy of America’s immigration laws
Growing up in the shadow of DACA
Immigrants create jobs and businesses & boost wages of native-born workers
How the Irish became white; discussion
Sorry, but the Irish were always white
“Please don’t convert to whiteness”
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The Insular Cases: A comparative historical study of Puerto Rico, Hawaii & the Philippines
Almost citizens: Puerto Rico, the Constitution, and Empire
Malignant citizenship: race, imperialism, and Puerto Rico-United States entanglements
Century-old racist US Supreme Court cases still rule over millions of Americans
Race and the Empire-state: Puerto Ricans’ unequal U.S. citizenship
Why isn’t Puerto Rico a state?
The strange case of Puerto Rico
How colonialism and racism explain the inept US response to Hurricane Maria
The case for Puerto Rican sovereignty