AAS 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ostracism, Body Politic, Bhagat Singh Thind
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How do people usually think about race/racial relations. Racialization occurs on at least two dimensions. (cid:862)field of ra(cid:272)ial positio(cid:374)s. (cid:863) Who makes the representations: opinionmakers use representations to generate a field of racial positioning at a given time and place. Opinionmakers include white elected officials, journalists, scholars, community leaders, business elites, etc: racial triangulation . Triangulation of asian americans persisted since mid-1800"s. (cid:862)ope(cid:374)(cid:863) tria(cid:374)gulatio(cid:374) u(cid:374)til (cid:1005)95(cid:1004)"s. Reproduces white privilege and power: open triangulation, 1850-1950. Relative valorization compared asian americans with african americans. Seen as comparable labor sources in post-civil war period. Civil ostracism perceived unassailability/foreignness; unable to become naturalized citizens, institutionalized through laws and court cases. Naturalization act of 1790 and 1870 amendment: only allowed naturalization of free whites and people of. African descent (after 1870): did not include asian immigrants. In re ah yup (1878), us circuit court in la ruled chinese were (cid:862)mo(cid:374)golia(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d therefore (cid:374)ot cau(cid:272)asia(cid:374). Challe(cid:374)ged defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of (cid:862)free whites(cid:863) i(cid:374) naturalizatio(cid:374) a(cid:272)ts of (cid:1005)79(cid:1004) and 1870.
