AAS 033B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: United States V. Wong Kim Ark, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution, Homer Plessy
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We will focus on court cases to demonstrate the notion of agency. All powerless groups have used the court as a way to address and rectify unjust laws and injustices. Laws have also been used to discriminate against people and as such, reveals how society view different groups of people. Background: a fight between european american and chinese immigrant during a gambling event. A chinese immigrant was killed and hall was convicted with the testimony of a chinese immigrant. His lawyer appealed and argued that chinese should not be allowed to testify in court against white people. The ca supreme court agreed and ruled that. Mamie tape v. san francisco board of education 1885. She is an american-born girl of chinese parents. They were told they could not because they are chinese. At the time, irish, german (and after a fight) african americans were allowed.
