HISTORY 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jus Soli, Jus Sanguinis
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American citizenship- legal processes, rights/success to societies resources: ex: voting rights, freedom of speech, religion, attorney, equality. The notion of belonging matters because: protects us against discriminatory treatment, measures of equality in society, measures of the superiority of the us democracy. Race and the process of national inclusion: race. Sexuality and sexual practices: processes of natural inclusion. X- colorblind, don"t see differences at all, sees everyone the same. End goal is just to be better than the rest. End goal is that we are the same, but one is on the bottom. A b c: racism = naturalization process, struggle for inclusion (competing notions of inclusion) = us naturalization process. Legal processes of american citizenship: 2 most fundamental legal ways to become a citizen. Jus soli- right of soil: early settlers, native americans, black slaves, free blacks. Standard process- you don"t live in us but apply for citizenship: racial qualification, length of stay, employment.
