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> reversed quotas put in place in the mid 1920’s Is a very interesting way to put it. The Hart-Cellar act was decidedly about removing racialized immigration p
by charlescearl 8y ago
> reversed quotas put in place in the mid 1920’s
Is a very interesting way to put it. The Hart-Cellar act was decidedly about removing racialized immigration policy that was based upon the eugenics movement [1], it’s passage comes amid civil rights legislation.
Indeed there are internal U.S. migrations taking place — over 10% of the U.S African American population left the southern states over the first half of the 20th century, the affordability of and relatively less overt oppression in the current U.S. south are driving a return [2].
[1] https://cis.org/Report/HartCeller-Immigration-Act-1965 https://cis.org/Report/HartCeller-Immigration-Act-1965
[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/opinion/sunday/racism-is-everywhere-so-why-not-move-south.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/08/opinion/sunday/racism-is-...