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Conclusion
My goal in this project was to portray how immigrant groups were considered white once they became Anglo Saxon enough, as well as the modes of discrimination, ways immigrants accessed whiteness, and other big events that impacted immigration, such as race science and immigration law. Ultimately, immigrants were able to become white if they looked…
A Brief History of Immigration Law
Above anything else, immigration law had the most impact on who was allowed to immigrate to the United States. However, it also often dictated who was white and who was not. Although a lot of these laws were made to halt immigrants of color from coming to the United States, they also adversely said a…
Race vs Color vs Ethnicity
An important distinction I learned while researching this project was the historical meanings behind the words race, color, and ethnicity. First, lets define them based on my understanding of what they mean today. Race is categorizing people based on shared physical or social qualities. Color is simply the color of one’s skin. Ethnicity is categorizing…
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Whiteness and Immigration 