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Civilian exclusion orders | Densho Encyclopedia - 0 views

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    "A series of orders issued by Gen. John L. DeWitt as head of the Western Defense Command (WDC) directing the exclusion of "all persons of Japanese ancestry, including aliens and non-aliens" from designated areas on the West Coast."
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From Africa to the Ocean Sea: Atlantic slavery in the origins of the Spanish Empire: At... - 0 views

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  • By 1500, Ferdinand and Isabella would begin to attack the trade in Amerindian slaves, thereby establishing an essential distinction between the two groups of “others” who resided on the bottom of the colonial Spanish scale of humanity.
  • From the Canaries, the Spanish followed the Portuguese to Africa, where they would become eager, if ill-fated, participants in the fifteenth-century rush for gold and slaves. At the same time, Iberian notions linking black skin and perpetual servitude began to crystallize.
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Opinion | What 'Structural Racism' Really Means - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • “Race prejudice,” Cox writes, “developed gradually in Western society as capitalism and nationalism developed. It is a divisive attitude seeking to alienate dominant group sympathy from an ‘inferior’ race, a whole people, for the purpose of facilitating its exploitation.”
  • It survives because it is inscribed and reinscribed by the relationships and dynamics that structure our society, from segregation and exclusion to inequality and the degradation of labor.
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    Jamelle Bouie: it's not the language, it's the structural facts.
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The Debate Over Critical Race Theory - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • In a culture-war brawl that has spilled into the country’s education system, Republicans at the local, state and national levels are trying to block curriculums that emphasize systemic racism.More than 20 states have introduced legislation restricting lessons on racism and other so-called divisive concepts.
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Targeting 'Critical Race Theory,' Republicans Rattle American Schools - The New York Times - 0 views

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  • They say that much of what conservatives object to amounts to little more than more frequent and frank discussions of subjects like slavery.
  • Republicans’ attacks on critical race theory are in sync with the party’s broad strategy to run on culture-war issues in the 2022 midterm elections, rather than campaigning head-on against Mr. Biden’s economic agenda — which has proved popular with voters — as the country emerges from the coronavirus pandemic.
  • discussions of systemic racism have become more common in American schools in recent years, particularly in liberal areas.
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  • highlight subjects like redlining and the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II.
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