The Naturalization Act is actually quite interesting. Hadn't heard of it before being non-American. Looking into it, it seems like the act caused a load of conf

The Naturalization Act is actually quite interesting. Hadn't heard of it before being non-American. Looking into it, it seems like the act caused a load of confusion over race and nationality from the start, all the way up to the early 20th century. [1] I agree with what you're saying about the Irish and "whiteness" having looked into it further. A lot of sources indicate they were seen as "white" but not in the same way as other Europeans, mainly being generally lower-class and Catholic. Regardless, I think this discussion should have been present in the interview, or at least mentioned: this was just meant to be one example of points they have completely glossed over or ignored. I'm honestly quite saddened that this type of article is being upvoted on HN, there are a lot of flaws in the post which are not being discussed in the comments. [1] https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2002/summer/immigration-law-1.html https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2002/summer/i...