ethnic studies midterm

1790 naturalization act

free white persons

anti-miscegenation laws

no interrace marriage

asiatic barred zone act

1917, didn’t allow migrants from certain Asian countries

dred scott v sandford

“being free on free soil” → slaves are objects and property

in re ah yup

ah yup wanted to be a citizen, he had to prove his whiteness

foreign miners tax

aimed at chinese miners

fugitive slave act

1850, white people can claim an escaped slave

indian removal act

1830, trail of tears, signed by andrew jackson

partus sequitur ventrem

child follows the womb

people v hall

chinese witnesses were not allowed to testify against whites

racial prerequisite cases

had to prove whiteness in order to be granted citizenship

takao ozawa V US

color of skin doesnt equal whiteness

US v Bhagat Singh Thind

Thind was white but wasn’t considered white because his skin was too dark

blood quantum

using blood to determine the tribal eligibility for native americans

chattel slavery

a system where individuals are treated as personal property that can be bought and sold

commodity

a material to be sold, such as coffee or copper

dna ancestry test

analysis of DNA to estimate someones ancestral origins

eugenics

a set of discredited beliefs that aim to improve the genetics of human populations through selective breeding and sterilization

natal alienation

the removal of one’s birthright and cultural heritage, effectively severing ties to kinship, tradition, and inheritance.

productive labor

work that creates tangible goods/services that are valued capitalism

reproductive labor

tasks necessary for sustaining the workforce — children

scientific racism

pseudoscientific belief that the human species is divided into biologically distinct catagories (races), used to support racism

settler colonialism

perpetuates the erasure of native people as a precondition for settler expansion

slave trade

the capture, transport, and sale of people into chattel slavery

slavery

permanent, violent domination of a natally alienated persons

social death

the condition where individuals are not fully accepted as humans by wider society. treated as if they are dead or non-existent.