Nativism and South Africa’s racial History

Nativism and South Africa’s racial History

Nativism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries focused primarily on Catholics and Jews. Compare nativism then with its more current forms, directed primarily at Hispanic immigrants and Muslims. Are the claims, arguments, and political rhetoric of present-day nativists similar to those used earlier against Catholics and Jews?

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Question 2

Explain South Africa’s racial histories and contemporary racial contexts explain how different ideas predominate relating to race.

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Q1
Based on my findings, nativism is a policy of favoring native-born inhabitants over the immigrants. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American nativist groups were against free, unrestricted immigration. The Catholics and the Jews were the primary immigrants.

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