wcaleb’s Twitter Archive—№ 15,334

Not exactly ... whitewashing the nation's history of nativism & immigration restriction won't help fight this.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 20 Retweets ❤️ 50 Favorites 2017 Jan 27 Mood -5 🙁

…in reply to @wcaleb
Instead of an exceptional history of openness, ours is a history of imperial migration control paulkrameronline.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/imperial-openings.pdf #immigrationSyllabus
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 4 Retweets ❤️ 7 Favorites 2017 Jan 28 Mood 0

…in reply to @wcaleb
If you doubt the imperial dimension of our history, consider what would happen if Iraq's government tried to bar entry by Americans.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 6 Favorites 2017 Jan 28 Mood -1 🙁

…in reply to @wcaleb
After colonizing Philippines, the US later "granted" independence only to limit Filipino immigrants to 50 per year en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tydings%E2%80%93McDuffie_Act
On twitter.com ♻️ 2 Retweets ❤️ 1 Favorite 2017 Jan 28 Mood +1 🙂

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That act followed earlier "contagion" panics & attempts to restrict Filipino immigrants, efforts that invariably were "one-way" bans.
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets 2017 Jan 28 Mood -7 🙁

…in reply to @wcaleb
"History speaks truths which sometimes are unpleasant," noted the future Filipino president Manuel Roxas. books.google.com/books?id=K_Lx0KCui5IC&lpg=PA479&ots=aBu-3cbU8Q&dq=ban%20on%20filipino%20immigration%20paul%20kramer&pg=PA423#v=onepage&q&f=false
Permalink On twitter.com 2017 Jan 28 Mood -2 🙁

…in reply to @wcaleb
Roxas: "Do not exclude Filipinos from the US before you have placed us in a position to exclude Americans from the Philippine islands."
Permalink On twitter.com ♻️ 1 Retweets ❤️ 1 Favorite 2017 Jan 28 Mood 0