Redditsux@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 天前Supreme Court rules that immigration raids in LA can continuewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squaretidderuuf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down1·3 天前Umm… I’m not sure how long you’ve studied US History but non white have always had less rights. Just not always written explicitly so.
minus-squarethemadcodger@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 天前Yup. Originally, Irish and Italian immigrants weren’t white. Syrians and Arabs have always been white though, because as they argued in court, if they weren’t white, neither was Jesus. So that case ended quickly.
minus-squarezwerg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 天前Is the Syrian/Arab thing true? Where can I learn more?
minus-squareShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 天前RIP US Democracy (aged 1965 or so to 1980 something). We hardly knew ye.
Umm… I’m not sure how long you’ve studied US History but non white have always had less rights. Just not always written explicitly so.
Yup. Originally, Irish and Italian immigrants weren’t white. Syrians and Arabs have always been white though, because as they argued in court, if they weren’t white, neither was Jesus. So that case ended quickly.
Is the Syrian/Arab thing true? Where can I learn more?
RIP US Democracy (aged 1965 or so to 1980 something). We hardly knew ye.