jan 1, 1882 - 1882 - The Chinese Exclusion Act institutionalized a policy of selective admission that would remain the norm in US laws until the post-WWII era. This was inspired by an increase in non-European immigration and motivated largely by racism that pitted European immigrants and Americans of European descent against Asians.
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jan 1, 1882
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~ 143 years ago