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![Text from page 111 of White House report PDF: In addition to attacking America’s white Christian Founders, NMAH’s exhibits also portray
restrictive immigration laws as a tool of white supremacy. The Many Voices, One Nation
didactic entitled “Negotiating Inclusion” alleges that when “thousands of Chinese journeyed to
the American West, encouraged by the promise of gold rush opportunity” in the 1850s, “[t]heir
race…troubled white Americans,” leading to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, “the first of many
restrictive immigration laws.”457 Another states, “White laborers considered the Chinese
competition and responded with hostility.”458
One American Democracy didactic asks “How Diverse Should the Citizenry Be?” and notes that
“In a nation created by immigrants…One view is that ‘multiculturalism,’ the preservation of
diverse cultural heritage, enriches the country…Still others challenged diversity by seeking to
restrict immigration and exclude certain racial and ethnic groups.”459
In addition to attacking America’s white Christian Founders, NMAH’s exhibits also portray
restrictive immigration laws as a tool of white supremacy. The Many Voices, One Nation
didactic entitled “Negotiating Inclusion” alleges that when “thousands of Chinese journeyed to
the American West, encouraged by the promise of gold rush opportunity” in the 1850s, “[t]heir
race…troubled white Americans,” leading to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, “the first of many
restrictive immigration laws.”460 Another states, “White laborers considered the Chinese
competition and responded with hostility.”461
One American Democracy didactic asks “How Diverse Should the Citizenry Be?” and notes that
“In a nation created by immigrants…One view is that ‘multiculturalism,’ the preservation of
diverse cultural heritage, enriches the country…Still others challenged diversity by seeking to
restrict immigration and exclude certain racial and ethnic groups.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zlwu2yhh4fg7dqrzbirglidf/bafkreidceat2au5wilt3q4gd5ndxzmfc5bmzr2mk3ftebeeklo47zmamv4)