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How A Supreme Court Case Redefined Whiteness

Season 1 Episode 4 | 12m 43s

In 1923, the Supreme Court revoked an Indian man’s citizenship which would go on to have devastating consequences for other Indian immigrants as well. The reason? He wasn’t white. What does this case, United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, tell us about the larger history of race, white supremacy, and citizenship in America?

Aired: 07/21/24
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