⬆️ >> Institutional #racism in #US is not limited to #black people. …
>> It would not be until the #SupremeCourt ruled in the #Thind decision, on February 19, 1923, that #SouthAsians were [also] not considered "white”
Many #latinos still identify themselves as #white.
Many of them who voted for #Trump in 2024 now seem to have buyers' remorse.
⬆️ Institutional #racism in #US is not limited to #black people.
'That #SouthAsian Americans were able to successfully naturalize was an anomaly. Other #Asian immigrants had already been barred from naturalized #citizenship on the grounds that they were not #white as required by the nation’s naturalization laws dating back to 1790. It would not be until the #SupremeCourt ruled in the #Thind decision, on February 19, 1923, that South Asians were not considered "white”'
Ramesh Gupta