J.M. Berger: The second installment in our series on Lawful Extremism is out! By @bcdaviess.bsky.social and myself, Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act looks at how White extremism was coded into immigration law in the late 19th century and well into the 20th. www.middlebury.edu/institute/ct...

The second installment in our series on Lawful Extremism is out! By @bcdaviess.bsky.social and myself, Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act looks at how White extremism was coded into immigration law in the late 19th century and well into the 20th. www.middlebury.edu/institute/ct...

Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Montereywww.middlebury.edu The first paper in the “Lawful Extremism” series considered whether the 1856 Dred Scott decision that denied Black people citizenship and constitutional rights functioned as an extremist ideological t...

We did a deep dive into congressional hearings on Chinese immigration that led to the creation of an "illegal immigrant" category that did not exist prior to 1882. The hearings are *extremely* explicit that the purpose of the law was to maintain and bolster White supremacy. bsky.app/profile/inte...

The second installment in our series on Lawful Extremism is out! By @bcdaviess.bsky.social and myself, Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act looks at how White extremism was coded into immigration law in the late 19th century and well into the 20th. www.middlebury.edu/institute/ct...

Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Montereywww.middlebury.edu The first paper in the “Lawful Extremism” series considered whether the 1856 Dred Scott decision that denied Black people citizenship and constitutional rights functioned as an extremist ideological t...

You can find the seeds of many contemporary forms of immigration extremism and prejudice in the transcripts of the hearings, including an early iteration of the "model minority" myth and an early iteration of the Great Replacement theory. bsky.app/profile/did:...

The second installment in our series on Lawful Extremism is out! By @bcdaviess.bsky.social and myself, Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act looks at how White extremism was coded into immigration law in the late 19th century and well into the 20th. www.middlebury.edu/institute/ct...

Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Montereywww.middlebury.edu The first paper in the “Lawful Extremism” series considered whether the 1856 Dred Scott decision that denied Black people citizenship and constitutional rights functioned as an extremist ideological t...

We also tackled the complex question of immigration exclusion. Does it always and inherently fit the definition of extremism? Did the Chinese Exclusion Act fit the definition of extremism? And does the current anti-immigrant movement fit the definition of extremism? bsky.app/profile/did:...

The second installment in our series on Lawful Extremism is out! By @bcdaviess.bsky.social and myself, Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act looks at how White extremism was coded into immigration law in the late 19th century and well into the 20th. www.middlebury.edu/institute/ct...

Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Montereywww.middlebury.edu The first paper in the “Lawful Extremism” series considered whether the 1856 Dred Scott decision that denied Black people citizenship and constitutional rights functioned as an extremist ideological t...

We also looked at how extremism can work its way into nation-building projects, and how extremists can leverage unlawful extremist violence to make lawful extremism look like the more benevolent option. Please check it out, and share it around! bsky.app/profile/did:...

The second installment in our series on Lawful Extremism is out! By @bcdaviess.bsky.social and myself, Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act looks at how White extremism was coded into immigration law in the late 19th century and well into the 20th. www.middlebury.edu/institute/ct...

Lawful Extremism: The Chinese Exclusion Act | Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Montereywww.middlebury.edu The first paper in the “Lawful Extremism” series considered whether the 1856 Dred Scott decision that denied Black people citizenship and constitutional rights functioned as an extremist ideological t...

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