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Beginning in 1790 (Act 1790) and until 1952 (Immigration 1952), the Naturalization Act had limited citizenship to "free white persons" but without exactly defining what makes a person white. [...] many people, primarily of Asian descent, had appeared in front of the courts before Hassan to...

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Published in:CR (East Lansing, Mich.) Mich.), 2006-10, Vol.6 (2), p.267-293
Main Author: Bayoumi, Moustafa
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arab people
Christianity
Citizenship
Color
Court hearings & proceedings
French literature
Genet, Jean (1910-1986)
Immigration
Islam
Judges & magistrates
Muslims
Politics
Race
Racing
Racism
Religion
Sartre, Jean-Paul (1905-1980)
Terrorism
United States history
White people
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Summary:Beginning in 1790 (Act 1790) and until 1952 (Immigration 1952), the Naturalization Act had limited citizenship to "free white persons" but without exactly defining what makes a person white. [...] many people, primarily of Asian descent, had appeared in front of the courts before Hassan to argue that they were "white by law," to borrow a phrase from Ian Haney Lopez's book (1996) of the same name.
ISSN:1532-687X
1539-6630
1539-6630
DOI:10.1353/ncr.2007.0000