claim: "for most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. you were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."
author: michael skolnik
evidence_1: feb 15, 2016 ... i know it hurts when you see yet another act of police brutality against .... in 2017  there are more black racists than white by percentage. ...... more modern or “ grounded” works will try to pass it off as ..... i didn't know who these people were,  but i put on my bathing suit, ..... which by the way, were illegal.
evidence_2: jun 15, 2018 ... texas monthly: first, can you give us an overview of your organization? ..... the  separation and then they immediately pass the kids to hhs? .... for all asylum  seekers, you are going to be put in jail, in a detention ... first, most of these  people started on their journey before this policy was fully implemented.
evidence_3: henry louis gates, jr. explains why free blacks were more likely to live in the ...  this is especially true when it comes to the history of slavery. ... free black people  above it, with every man, woman and child in chains trying ... (unless, like  comedian wanda sykes, you descend from a mulatto child born to a white  mother, all of ...
evidence_4: jun 19, 2018 ... much of the country is justifiably outraged about the trump ... families would be  separated if they crossed the border illegally, she said the following: ... what that  means, however, is if you are a single adult, if you are part of a ... more: donald  trump is using his power to dehumanize people who aren't white.
evidence_5: may 22, 2018 ... the bill would not reform or reduce how long people are sentenced to prison ...  as kushner explained at the white house summit, “the single biggest thing we  want to ... even if it does pass, though, the bill wouldn't amount to a very big ...  criminal history may overlook that black and poor people are more ...