Debate Now Holistic Damage to Communities OF COLOR Because of Past/Current Legislation

[IM2]

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1.This forum is a discussion of American Law and Policy Affecting Communities of Color in America since it's founding.

2.No discussion of religious minorities.

3. All posts must be presented with evidence supported by law, publicy policy or study from accredited organizations.

Premise: Frommthe nations founding laws and policies were put in place thay denied communities of color equal standing. The consistent application of these policies createddamage that has not been fixed, and because of that communities of color suffer today. We will start from the beginning so that individuals can understand the longevity of the problem.

. On March 26, 1790, the United States of America decided who could be a citizen of this country for the first time. The Naturalization Act of 1790 states: “any alien, being a free white person,” could apply for citizenship, so long as they lived in the United States for at least two years and in the state where the application was filed for at least one year. This law allowed “children of citizens of the United States that may be born … out of the limits of the United States shall be considered as natural-born citizens.” Please notice the first seven words. Only whites were entitled to be citizens of this country.

So from the very beginning, whites gave themselves rights while depriving others of the same rights. Because of this act, non white citizens were not granted rights enumerated in the constitution.

All responses are limited to the impact of the 1790 Act.

 

[fncceo]

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law excluded merchants, teachers, students, travelers, and diplomats.[1] Building on the earlier Page Act of 1875, which banned Chinese women from migrating to the United States, the Chinese Exclusion Act was the only law ever implemented to prevent all members of a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating to the United States.

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The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act) The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia.


These are only two examples systemic discrimination against Asians that the community of Asian Americans have successfully overcome.

Many groups in this country, including Asians, Hispanics, and (especially) Women have suffered systemic discrimination.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

The Chinese Exclusion Act was a United States federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur on May 6, 1882, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years. The law excluded merchants, teachers, students, travelers, and diplomats.[1] Building on the earlier Page Act of 1875, which banned Chinese women from migrating to the United States, the Chinese Exclusion Act was the only law ever implemented to prevent all members of a specific ethnic or national group from immigrating to the United States.

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The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act) The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the number of immigrants allowed entry into the United States through a national origins quota. It completely excluded immigrants from Asia.


These are only two examples systemic discrimination against Asians that the community of Asian Americans have successfully overcome.

Many groups in this country, including Asians, Hispanics, and (especially) Women have suffered systemic discrimination.

Are you attempting to claim that the Chinese had some implicit right to immigrate to the United States? The OP specified that responses should be on the impact of the 1790 Act and while we know how racist the general governing bodies of the United States was at it's founding, as further demonstrated by your citations, I believe the topic is "how citizenship was restricted to only whites" therefore only whites had protection of the U.S. Constitution at the time the Constitution & Bill of Rights was ratified.

Unfortunately while the laws may have changed since then, attitudes haven't and in many respects things have not gotten a whole lot better, especially if you consider the opinions, vitriol and hatred expressed by the majority of U.S. Message Board members to be a microcosm of the greater U.S. population.

One last note, I don't know what it stems from but there is definitely bias that has always existed against people of African descent in this country. I don't know if it is because of the hard feelings that remained by Southerners due to their defeat at the hands of the Union and being told that they could no longer keep black people in captivity (although they certainly found a way around that, it's actually written right into the law that prohibits slavery), or if it's due to Black people having at one time been held in captivity and that is a stigma that can never be jettisoned or if it is just something else that I just haven't stumbled across yet. What I do know is that many of the "reasons" cited are completely fabricated rational to justify the animus against Black people.

The Chinese were never held in captivity in the United States, certainly not in chattel slavery and them not being allowed to immigrate is a weak comparison to the topic subject, in my opinion.

 

[fncceo]

Are you attempting to claim that the Chinese had some implicit right to immigrate to the United States?

Are you claiming that they don't?

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

LBJ and his 1965 legislation related to "The Great Society" created the welfare state which currently supports a disproportionate number of Black people. That same legislation rewarded poor Black single women with ever larger welfare checks. The true goal of The Great Society was to create such a strong dependency on government by Black people that they would perpetually vote for Democrats.

One would have to admit LBJ was a genius at how to manipulate minority populations through policies and his plans have worked better than even he could have hoped.

Your comment does not comply with the rules of the debate which are the Impact of the 1790 Act.

IM2 cited a summary of the act for our convenience.

 

[fncceo]

The OP specified that responses should be on the impact of the 1790 Act and while we know how racist the general governing bodies of the United States was at it's founding

The Naturalization Act of 1870 extended "the naturalization laws" to "aliens of African nativity and to persons of African descent" while also revoking the citizenship of naturalized Chinese Americans

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

Are you claiming that they don't?

Do you asking for a legal answer?

 

[fncceo]

Do you asking for a legal answer?

Am I?