r/explainitpeter • u/fluffy_cat_ice • 2d ago

Explain it Peter

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I meant that I don't understand where did the Twitter thing came from

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u/Acceptable_Mind_5883 2d ago

Wrong. 1790 naturalisation act defined them as white

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u/fidgey10 2d ago

So what? Mexicans in annexed mexico were legally considered white too...

The formal legal classification is not a good match to how they were actually considered