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The anti-miscegenation laws were laws made to ban interracial marriage, mainly targeting black and white people. But in the late 1600s, a bunch of South Asians were brought to America and that was when it started to apply of Asians as well.

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“Yellow Peril” movement, Chinese were depicted as dangerous and immoral. This campaign led to the first piece of American legislation used to control immigration and end open borders

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Asian Immigrants that came to the US was because of the gold rush. Later that year they also have to worry about their health because the Americans would have beaten up, lynched, or murder some Asian people.

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The Immigration Act of 1917 and 1924 restricted the immigration of the so-called "undesirable" group including South and Southeast Asia. There was an English literacy test required for anyone coming into the US. And the immigration act of 1924 completely banned the entry of any Asian expect from the Philippines.

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Whiteness was an advantage for white people in the 1900’s. Most cases were rejected by anthropological definitions. Two special cases were rejected, one was an Asian American with light skin tone and good character but was rejected because he was not Caucasian. Another was an Indian soldier that mentioned that Indians were considered as Caucasian by anthropological definition but was rejected because his skin tone was not light. Two examples of whiteness.

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During World War 2 President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered that Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants be put into camps military camps. Over 120,000 Japanese Americans were put in those camps and released after the war.

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The immigration policy change also known as "The immigration and Nationality act of 1952", removed the strict ban on Asian immigration. There were still racial quotas about limiting only 100 Asians from each country per year.

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Dalip Singh Saund  was the first Asian-American member of the U.S. House of Representatives. he campaigned for the rights of South Asian immigrants in the United States, pushing for legislation to allow South Asians to naturalize.

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Immigration Act of 1965 tried to make priority for visas equal, but made little difference and made it harder for unskilled workers to immigrate legally

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The term "Asian American" was coined in solidarity with the Black Civil Rights movement.

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The murder of Vincent Chin inspired a nationwide movement for racial justice and equality for Asian Americans. The murder of Navroze Mody led to South Asian community protests and activism which ultimately resulted in state legislation of “bias crimes” and the development of anti-racist education programs in NJ high schools.

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17 year old Tereza Lee was an undocumented immigrant living in Chicago who inspired the DREAM act to provide permanent legal status for undocumented minors.

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The National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS or Special Registry) required men and boys over the age of 16 from a variety of Middle Eastern and South Asian countries-- and North Korea--to register with the federal government and be interviewed upon their arrival in the United States.

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Following the coronavirus outbreak, which former President Donald Trump constantly referred to as the "Chinese virus" and "kung fu flu" many Americans blamed Asians for the outbreak resulting in a surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans that carried into 2021.

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Former Senator Kamala Harris becomes the first Black and Asian American Vice President
of Jamaican and Indian descent.