Discuss the ways in which American institutions have legislated and policed specific racial/ethnic groups in the late 19th century and 20th century. What kinds of political and legal actions were taken against them? Why?

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Discuss the ways in which American institutions have legislated and policed specific racial/ethnic groups in the late 19th century and 20th century. What kinds of political and legal actions were taken against them? Why? What purpose did their actions serve? What effect did it have on those racial/ethnic groups? How did those racial/ethnic groups fight back? Use at least 2 different racial/ethnic groups for examples. If you are going to cite sources these are the two text books from my class. Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain, Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019. ISBN: 9780593449349 Ronald Takaki, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. ISBN: 9780316499071.

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