Montag, 18. Juni 2007

20 laws of institutionalized racism

-1852 Foreign Miners Tax: you have to pay if you're not a californian and want to dig for gold
-1854 People vs. Hall: trial again Hall who killed a chinese man -> got free
-1855 Landing Tax: limit immigration, shipdrivers had to pay $50 for every one they brought to america
-1875 Page Law: limit immigration of women
-1880 Anti-Miscegenation: mixed race marriage forbidden (against Chinese)
-1882 Chinese Exclusion Act: immigration of chinese stopped (especially of labourers)
-1888 Scott Act: stopped the return of chinese american who returned to china and wanted to rereturn to USA
-1901 Anti-Miscegenation: against korean and white marriage (against Korean)
-1906 SF school segregation: japanese and american are not allowed to be at the same school
-1909 Anti-Miscegenation: stopped marriage between white women and japanese men (against Japanese)
-1913 Alien Land Law: people who didn't have the american citizenship couldn't own land
-1920 Ladies' Agreement: ended arrival of asian picture brides
-1922 Cable Act: white women lose citizenship upon marriage to an foreigner
-1924 Quota Act: limited the number of immigrants of the number of people from that country that were already in the USA
-1934 Tydings Mc-Duffie Act: gave philippines independence from the USA
-1942 Japanese American Internment: sent to internment camps because they were seen as the enemy (during World War II)
-1943 Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act: lifted the Exclusion Act
-1953 raids of Chinatown: police search suspect chinese because china was communistic
-1982 Vincent Chin -> court decision: killed by two white men -> only had to pay
-1992 verdict in Rodney King Beating -> L.A. Race Riots: the officiers were acquitted and the vedict triggered a great riot

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