Providing a historical context and legal framework

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Please use the legal cases and laws from the following list for both questions:

1. Hall vs. People of California (1854)
2. 1852 Foreign Miner's Tax
3. 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
4. Yick Wo vs. Hopkins 1886
5. 1908 Gentleman's Agreement
6. Ozawa v. United States 1922
7. 1934 Tydings-McDuffy Act
8. Asiatic Barred Zone, 1917
9. Immigration Act of 1924
10. U.S. v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923)
11. Korematsu v. United States, 1945
12. Executive Order 9066
13. Hirabayashi v. United States, 1943
14. Yasui v. United States, 1943
15. War Brides' Act of 1945
16. Cable Act of 1922
17. Roldan v. Los Angeles County, 1933
18. California Anti-Miscegenation Statue (1880's ~ 1948)
19. Walter-McCarren Act, 1952
20. Immigration Act of 1965
21. Amerasian Homecoming Act, 1980
22. Immigration Act of 1986
23. The Massie Case, 1932 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
24. The Myles Fukunaga Case, 1928 (Honolulu, Hawaii)
25. 1954 Brown v. Board of Education
26. 1982 Vincent Chin Case (Criminal Case, Civil Cases)

1) How have *race,* *the racialization process* and *the law* informed, affected, and defined the Asian American/Pacific Islander experiences and social identity in the United States? Explain how they have contributed to the racialization process of Asian Pacific Islander Americans and impacted their experiences and social positionality in the United States. Provide a sociohistorical context and explain their significant role in defining what it means to be an "Asian American" and more importantly, "American." Incorporate at least 3 laws or legal cases (from the list provided) to give examples.

2) Select and discuss 3 landmark legal cases (from the list above) that involve Asian Pacific Americans between 1885- 1990. Discuss each one, providing a historical context and legal framework from which to understand these cases impact on Asian Pacific Americans today. How have these cases shaped the social, political identity of Asian Pacific Americans? How have these cases informed you about the role and place of Asian Pacific Americans in this grand experiment called, "The United States of America."

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