"oh Italians weren't 'fully' white, they were only 70% white whereas WASPs were 100% white and black people were 0% white, and the line to have rights is 50%"
...But that's exactly how most racists saw it (and many still do). It is silly, but that doesn't change the fact that it was indeed a common worldview that did shape laws that in turn reinforced it. Are you saying that racists didn't believe in a racial hierarchy?
...But that's exactly how most racists saw it (and many still do). It is silly, but that doesn't change the fact that it was indeed a common worldview that did shape laws that in turn reinforced it. Are you saying that racists didn't believe in a racial hierarchy?