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Answer TWO of the following:
Q1: According to the essay, how could an immigrant from Afghanistan
become “Hot Tamale Louie” within years of arriving in the US
in the early 20th century? Why did no one know who he was, or where he came
from?
Q2: The racial laws of the late 19th century/early 20th
century were very vague and often deeply discriminatory. According to the
essay, what groups were denied citizenship on racial grounds? What did it mean
to be “not white,” and conversely, what does it mean to be “Caucasian”?
Q3: On page 238, Schulz writes “sometimes a story about
leaving turns into a story about staying.” In general, why are immigrants so
successful in America,
particularly the various “Khans” who settled here from Afghanistan?
If we use Zarif Khan as an example, what accounted for his seemingly miraculous
prosperity?
Q4: At the end of the essay, Schulz warns us that “nativist
nostalgia is a fantasy” (242). What does she mean by that? Why are people like
Bret Colvin deluding themselves in a fantasy of what used to be, and what
should be again? Why does Khan’s story prove to us that things were never they
way we think they were, and in general, were often a lot worse?
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