Alan Plotzker, MD
@alanplotzker.bsky.social
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Neurologist, pun enthusiast, die-hard Eagles fan. Husband of @mcknightwrites.bsky.social Opinions are my own Philly area native now in Pittsburgh #MedSky
Neurologist, pun enthusiast, die-hard Eagles fan. Husband of @mcknightwrites.bsky.social Opinions are my own Philly area native now in Pittsburgh #MedSky
![would seem to belong to the whole would become the property of only a part. [...]
It has been thoughtfully observed that every nation, owing to its peculiar character and composition, has a definite mission in the world. [...] Ours seems plain and unmistakable. Our geographical position; our relation to the outside world; our fundamental principles of government, world-embracing in their scope and character; our vast resources, requiring all manner of labor to develop them; and our already existing composite population all conspire to one grand end, and that is to make us the most perfect national illustration of the unity and dignity of the human family that the world has ever seen. In whatever else other nations may have been great and grand, our greatness and grandeur will be found in the faithful plication of the principle of perfect civil equality to the people of all races and of all creeds. [...] If we would reach a degree of civilization higher and grander than any yet attained, we should welcome to our ample continent all nations, kindreds, tongues, and peoples; and as fast as they learn our language and comprehend the duties of citizenship, we should incorporate them into the American body politic. The outspread wings of the American eagle are broad enough to shelter all who are likely to come. [...]
["Let the Chinaman come"]
But it is said that the Chinaman is a heathen and that he will introduce his heathen rites and superstitions here. This is the last objection which should come from those who profess the all-conquering power of the Christian religion. If that religion cannot stand contact with the Chinese,](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jtphpxqghzwnao3gwt7esora/bafkreidfipxweamcvgumlmt5hkyx7vm2ezxnrpwdw55mvtrgsnrih2p2ku)
![Footnote: “This is a historically workable standard. See generally IAN HANEY LOPEZ, WHITE By LAW 2-7 (2006) (describing various court cases in American history aimed at determining if the petitioner was White, and explaining how “[t]hough the courts offered many different rationales to justify the various racial divisions they advanced, two predominated: common knowledge and scientific evidence”). The use of artificial intelligence presents another possible method for determining race. See generally Judy Wawira Gichoya et al., AJ recognition of patient race in medical imaging: a modelling study, 4 LANCET DiciT. HEALTH e406 (finding “that AI can accurately predict self-reported race, even from corrupted, cropped, and noised medical images, often when clinical experts cannot”). Needless to say, Congress did not abandon the 1790 rule because it proved impossible to determine who was White.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jtphpxqghzwnao3gwt7esora/bafkreibxrghvyvc3pjgkc7vjhxwxo6cqibugwgtl6leqgwxqrhqqe7uydu)
