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| In the early
1900s laws were passed that banned race mixing. It was believed that
race mixing was a social, sexual, and racial crime. It was considered racial suicide to sexually or reproductively mix the socalled "higher" racial types with the socalled "lower"
racial types.
Then vice-president of the United States of America, Calvin Coolidge also believed that biological laws told us that certain divergent people will not mix or blend. Eugenicists efforts focused on new legal definitions of who could qualify to recieve a marriage license as a "white" person. During the 20's there were laws passed regarding racial integrity. The Racial Integrity Act of 1924 was passed. This act defined who would qualify as members of the "white" race. It emphasized the "scientific" basis of race assesment, and the "dysgenic" dangers of race mixing. |
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