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‘There are the right kind of boat people, it seems, and the wrong kind’

Posted on December 5, 2021 by Ken Dowell

America’s response to the Haitian boat people Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged boat people, Haiti, Haitian refugees, history, immigration, racism, refugees | 13 Comments

FDR’s Black Eye

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Ken Dowell

How we closed the door on German Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged Franklin Delano roosevelt, history, Holocaust, refugees, Wagner-Rogers Bill, World War II | 7 Comments

Ethnocentrism and the Roaring Twenties

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The creation of immigration quotas. Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 1920's, Dillingham Commission, Emergency Quota Act of 1921, history, immigrants, Immigration Act of 1924, immigration quotas, Immigration Restriction League, national origins, nativism | 8 Comments

Lange/Liu: Images of the Depression

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Ken Dowell

From Hung Liu exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery Continue reading →

Posted in Art, History | Tagged art, deression, Dorothea Lange, history, Hung Liu, museums, National Portrait Gallery, painting | 3 Comments

Is This the Most Discriminatory Act of Congress Ever?

Posted on November 14, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged California, Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese immigrants, history, Sen. John Miller | 8 Comments

MFF21: Landmarks of My Youth on the Big Screen

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Ken Dowell

American River and One All the Way Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged American River, documentaries, film, Hot Texas Weiner, Montclair Film Festival, movies, One All the Way, Passaic River | 12 Comments

Morality, Sexism or Racism? The Page Act of 1875

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Slamming the door on Asian women Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged California, Chinese immigrants, Horace F. Page, Page Act, prostitution, racism | 13 Comments

MFF21: I Can See the World from My Cinema Seat

Posted on November 4, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Short reviews of international features from the Montclair Film Festival Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A Chiara, A Hero, film, film festivals, film reviews, Montclair Film Festival, movies, Power of the Dog, The Worst Person in the World | 1 Comment

‘I Know Nothing.’ The Politics of Xenophobia in the 19th Century

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Ken Dowell

The rise and fall of the Know-Nothings Continue reading →

Posted in History | Tagged 1850's, Anti-Catholicism, bigotry, Bill the Butcher, history, Know-Nothings, Millard Fillmore, nativism, Samuel Morse, Xenophobia | 10 Comments

Festivals ‘R’ Us

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Ken Dowell

Montclair’s season of music, books and film. Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Montclair, Montclair Film Festival, Montclair Jazz Festival, Montclair Literary Festival | 5 Comments

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