Racism
True or False. Were Chinese immigrants the first to be classified as illegal?
True
What is the 1965 Immigration Act?
Act that sought to ensure equality and to eliminate race as a factor in public policy
True or False: The United States is one of the leading countries in the world regarding the deportations of immigrants, coming in 2nd, globally.
False. The United States is No. 1 in the world for deportations.
What is Islamophobia?
prejudice against targeted towards Islamic or Muslims
What is the Chinese Exclusion of 1882?
A law that banned Chinese immigration to the United States for 10 years.
What opinions did Americans have on immigrants?
Argued that immigrants were too numerous, not assimilating, taking jobs, bringing crime and disease into the country, had dangerous political ideals, un-American, hated America
In the early 2000s, hatred and discrimination for which minority group spiked?
Muslims
What tragic world event caused the upbringing of Islamophobia and how were they perceived afterwards
9/11 caused people to view Muslims and Islamic Americans as dangerous and terrorists when majority of Islamic people feared for the state of the country
How many people gathered in San Francisco’s Union Hall, regarding the racism towards Chinese immigrants?
25,000
Has xenophobia distinguished between immigrants who have entered with authorization and those who have not? Explain.
No. Xenophobia distinguishes based on racial categorization
Xenophobia rises and falls along with…
Economic, Political, and Social Crises; War; and Rapid Demographic Changes.
In the reading, which president struck fear regarding Islam migration and claimed "they cheered for the collapse of the world trade center" and claimed they were a national threat
President Donald Trump
What racial group was subjected to the “show me your papers practice”
Chinese
Roughly what percentage of Mexicans and Mexican Americans were pushed out of the United States during the great depression?
20% of Mexicans and Mexican Americans
Xenophobia was first forged by America’s…
Enslavement of African Americans, the seizure of native lands and resources, and the removal or elimination of indigenous peoples.
Which gender experienced more hate and why
Muslim woman experienced more hate due to being seen as a symbolization of backwardness and inassimilability
In 1870, the state legislature passed a law forbidding who to the state?
All Mongolian, Chinese, and Japanese Females
How many Mexicans did the Federal Government deport between 1929-1935
82,400
What is the direct translation of Xenophobia in Greek
Xenos: “stranger”, Phobos: “fear” or “flight”. Translates to “fear and hatred of foreigners”.
What was the turning point in Islam's lives
The racism that followed 9/11