Reading Identifications (U.S Immigration).
Reading Identifications (U.S Immigration).
November 24, 2020 Comments Off on Reading Identifications (U.S Immigration). Uncategorized Assignment-helpidentify the author and the title of the larger piece they are excerpted from,and explain what they show us about the period they were written in.Here is the passage:“Most important, the present system clashes with the democratic ideals of most Americans today. The product of an earlier troubled postwar period, it reflects the spirit of isolationism and a racist xenophobia that in those same years was also expressed through the Ku Klux Klan and in the rejection of the League of Nations, and it is clearly anachronistic at a time when the United States strives to speak for the free peoples of the world against totalitarianism. A quota system setting up a hierarchy of desirable and 2undesirable peoples is offensive to our allies and potential allies throughout the world, and is a slur upon millions of our own citizens.”This passage is from one of the following articles:Mitsuye Yamada Ponders the Question of LoyaltyFranklin Roosevelt Urges Repeal of Chinese ExclusionWritten Bracero Contract RequestsSuccess Story of One Minority GroupOscar Handlin Criticizes National – Origin Quotas