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Chauncey de Vega Interviews “Whiteness” (Updated and Kicked to the Top) 2

The WARN interview. Just go read it.

An Exclusive Interview with “Whiteness,” Senior Adviser to the Tea Party GOP and Governor Rick Perry

Addendum, the Next Day:

Lawyers, Guns, and Money recalls when a court decreed that Finns were white:

John Svan was a Finnish immigrant to the United States. He came to this country sometime before 1882. But he was not considered white by the United States government. Why? He carried with him the blood of his “Mongolian” ancestors. This meant he could not become a citizen. Various laws were passed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, restricting US citizenship to those of the white and black races. These laws were intended to discriminate against Asians, but what about Finns. Were they white?

(snip)

This is from the 1908 court decision deciding that, in fact, Finns are white.

The excerpt from the 1908 court ruling is silly and sad at the same time.

Via Atrios.

Afterthought:

Over the years, there have been many attempts to prove the existence of “race” with “science.” Every one has been shown to be bunk.

“Race” does not exist.

But bigotry sure does.

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September 2, 2011 | Posted by: Frank | Posted in: Political Theatre |

2 comments

  1. George

    September 1, 2011 at 11:16 am

    Good refer! Took me a minute to find it. WordPress’s ‘link’ function occasionally bollixes up for me, too.

     
  2. Frank

    September 1, 2011 at 12:25 pm

    Fixed.  Apparently the hyphens in the link somehow got replaced with spaces (“%20” I think in URL-ese).  Thanks for the heads up.

    WARN is a recent find of mine.  It is a great site to help keep my white mind open.

     
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