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AAS 347 Professor Hutch chapter 2 questions and answers on Haney Lopez's White by Law...

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Questions for Ian Haney Lopez, White by Law, chapter 2 1. What is Haney Lopez attempting to communicate in the first paragraph of the chapter?: “The racial composition of the U.S. citizenry reflects in part the accident of world migration patterns. More than this, however, it reflects the conscious design of U.S. immigration and naturalization laws.” **midterm question Haney Lopez is stating that American society has a certain composition of race. In other words, society today looks a certain way in part due to the migration patterns over the years. However, what influenced the way American society looks is the laws created by U.S. immigration and naturalization. These laws have led to the way races look and are perceived in today’s society. Prof: Three things: 1. Racial composition of US citizenry - US demographics = citizens In the country, some people are citizens while others are not 2. What about that group? Racial composition Specific races tend to dominate → why white person more likely to be citizen than asian Why is it that white people are more likely than asians to be citizens? Asians are more likely to not be naturalized, but back then, laws restricted them//represents the exclusions from the past → Law is very important 3. Accident of world migration patterns: push-pull factors (minus wars), more like Gold Rush *contrast word of accident with conscious* 2. What was the outcome of the Supreme Court case US v. Wong Kim Ark? How does it relate to the current debates over the 14th Amendment? (see pages 29-30) The outcome of this act is that native-born children of aliens were birthright citizens of the U.S., regardless of the status of their parents, due to jus soli. This relates to the current debates over the 14th Amendment, because that means that these children would get the rights and privileges of citizens. Current debates include not allowing children of undocumented parents/those who aren’t citizens or residents of US to have birthright citizenship. Some want to eradicate jus soli for these children, which mainly affect Asians and Latinos, who comprise most of the undocumented immigrants. This case asks question of = does it include all? 14th amendment ratified 30 years earlier! - Took so long because there were so few women here! **know demographics** - This child was one of the few born here! - “Aliens Ineligible for Citizenship” - If you are born here, you are a citizen! *jus soli = born soil* 3. Why were Asian Americans and Native Americans excluded when the 1790

Naturalization Act was expanded in 1870 to include blacks? What is the connection between Haney Lopez’s arguments here and the California Supreme Court’s ruling in People v. Hall? (see pages 31-32) Asian Americans and Native Americans were excluded when the 1790 Naturalization Act was expanded in 1870 to include blacks, because they were seen as foreign or tied to their native nation/country/tribe. In addition, their government or way of life in their “native country/tribe” were different from America’s. Thus, these people will not understand and appreciate the American government. 4. How did World War II affect the US’s perspective towards who could become a naturalized citizen? World War II affected the US’s perspective towards who could become a naturalized citizen because they were seen as hypocrites; they were fighting against a cause from a country (Germany) that was discriminating against a certain race. The world noticed how the US was discriminating against certain races, and Harlan’s statement of regret came true. 5. What is the relationship between gender, marriage, and citizenship as discussed in the final pages of chapter 2? Women’s eligibility status depended on her husband. Her political and social status depended on her husband. If her husband was a citizen or naturalized, she could become a citizen or naturalized (foreign women). However, a white woman stood individually for acquiring citizenship, but Only white women could gain citizenship by marrying a citizen, which restricted white women’s choices for marriage. For a white woman to marry an alien ineligible for citizenship would be like treason. However, a foreign woman could gain citizenship by marrying an American citizen or if her husband was naturalized....