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Asian Americans and U.S. Law Casebook
(First published Jan 2022)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 1: Early Asian immigration and anti-Chinese sentiment (Parts 1-4)
- 2: Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882; Anti-Chinese laws
- 3: Asian Exclusion: What does it mean to be Asian?
- 4: Anti-Asian laws: Continued Exclusion & Segregation
- 5: Japanese Internment, part 1
- 6: Japanese Internment, part 2
- 7: Alleged Japanese-American treason (including Tokyo Rose and "draft dodgers")
- 8: Korematsu Echoing
- 9: Anti-miscegenation laws
- 10: Children of servicemen born in Asia ("Amerasians"); Mail-order brides; Comfort women
- 11: Continued Discrimination - 1980's and 1990's
- 12: The Slants; Affirmative action/Students for Fair Admission
- 13: Modern Love/Modern Hate
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Asian Americans and U.S. Law
(First created May 2022)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 1.1: Chinese as witnesses: People v. Hall
- 1.2: Mobs, Riots, and Massacres
- 1.3: Economic Restrictions
- 1.4: Optional: Additional Resources
- 2.3: Reflection (Chy Lung v. Freeman)
- 2.5: Reflection and Discussion (Chae Chan Ping v. United States)
- 2.7: A Note on Plenary Powers
- 2.9: Reflection and Discussion (Wong Kim Ark)
- 2.12: Optional: Additional Resources
- 3.6: Reflection and Discussion (Alverto and Bautista)
- 3.11: Inconsistencies in the Court
- 3.15.4: Some Legal Aspects of the Japanese Question
- 4.2.2: Terrace and Manifest Destiny
- 4.3.2: Discussion and Connection
- 4.4.2: Discussion and Reflection
- 4.5: Additional Resources
- 5.3: Presidential Executive Order No. 9066 Authorizing the Secretary of War to Prescribe Military Areas
- 5.4: Presidential Executive Order No. 9102 Establishing the War Relocation Authority
- 5.8: Additional Resources
- 6.2: Civilian Exclusion Order No. 34
- 6.5: Discussion and Reflection (Korematsu and Endo)
- 6.9: Additional Resources
- 7.5: Reflection and Discussion
- 7.8: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in World War II
- 7.9: Additional Resources
- 8.1: Executive Order No. 13780
- 8.4: Discussion and Connection
- 8.7: Additional Resources
- 9.5: Discussion and Reflection
- 9.8: Additional Resources
- 10.6: Additional Resources
- 11.1.2: Food For Thought
- 11.2.4: Killing Spawned Asian American Civil Rights Movement
- 11.2.5: Killing Spawned Asian American Civil Rights Movement
- 11.4: Additional Resources
- 12.1.2: Does Trademarking Derogatory Terms Further Reclamation Practices for Minority Communities?
- 12.1.3: Discussion and Reflection
- 12.3: Additional Resources
- 13.1.2: Ohio man charged with hate crime, accused of attacking Asian-American student, blaming him for Covid-19
- 13.1.11: Korean-Americans Speak Out After Recording Racist, Homophobic Incident At In-N-Out - YouTube
- 13.1.12: Hamline Adjunct Fired for Showing Picture of the Prophet Muhammad
- 13.4: Additional Resources
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Asian (Americans) and U.S. Law Chapter 3
(First created Jun 2022)Authors:
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