MSNBC All In With Chris Hayes December 2, 2021 01:02:00
History is told as one of progress. there's a case for that. the expanding of rights that protect people in larger circle circles. of course, it's not a steady march. these moments of reaction the shutting off of rights, foreclosing of freedom has happened before. it happened after the civil war when the redemption movement of white supremacists wiped out advancements. after the war, black people registered to vote, were elected to local office. they had those rights taken away through law and force and terrorist violence. in 1882, the chinese exclusion act became law. chinese migrants had flo...