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In 1920,
biologist Charles Davenport, leader of
the American eugenics movement, asked his friend Madison Grant, author of
The Passing of the Great Race, "Can we build a wall
high enough around this country so as to keep out
those cheaper races?" On May 26, 1924,
President Calvin Coolidge signed the Restriction Act
into law and shut down immigration
by 97 percent
biologist Charles Davenport, leader of
the American eugenics movement, asked his friend Madison Grant, author of
The Passing of the Great Race, "Can we build a wall
high enough around this country so as to keep out
those cheaper races?" On May 26, 1924,
President Calvin Coolidge signed the Restriction Act
into law and shut down immigration
by 97 percent
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In 1920,
biologist Charles Davenport,
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leader of
the American eugenics movement,
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asked his friend Madison Grant,
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author of
The Passing of the Great Race,
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"Can we build a wall
high enough around this country
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so as to keep out
those cheaper races?"
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On May 26, 1924,
President Calvin Coolidge
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signed the Restriction Act
into law
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and shut down immigration
by 97 percent.
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Movie Summary
The path to the new world, an unsettling and intricate story of genocides. Conquest, slavery and the fabrication of "Whiteness".
