COMM 2303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Japanese Americans, Mexican Americans, American Babies
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Free, white persons - never defined who is white/not. White women got upset, so sheriff collected the kids and put them on the next train to la. 1919: japanese immigrant who fought for the us military in the spanish american. After the war he applied to be a us citizen, got it until they realized he wasn"t white, so took it away. Takao ozawa vs us (1922: japanese immigrant who sued because he says he"s white: white skin, spoke. Immigrant comes to the country, emigrant leaves country. 1997: meets carl nobelen- a dutch man. 2003: married nobelen in amsterdam where it was legal. Mitt romney: mormonism was an issue for his campaign. How do we communicate our social class: cultural capital: having a certain kind of car gives you more cultural capital vs another car. Catalonia (ne part of spain- economic engine of spain: have their own language/culture, and feel like they are subsidizing the rest of.