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How a shifting definition of ‘white’ helped shape U.S. immigration policy

The definition of what it means to be a White person in the United States has changed just as rapidly as the population demographics. This articles gives some examples of why this definition shifted, and who benefitted from it.

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census history immigration policy White white nationalism white supremecy
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