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A thread on birthright citizenship I wrote in 2018, that unfortunately remains relevant. Where we are headed: Abolishing birthright citizenship for the non-white and non-rich. And why I teach on United States v. Wong Kim Ark every semester. Who was Wong Kim Ark? 1/

In 1898, as a result of a case successfully brought on behalf of 25-year-old Wong Kim Ark’s right to habeas corpus and to birthright citizenship Wong Kim Ark’s case v the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the 14th Amendment’s stipulation that 2/

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” Wong was born in 1873 in SF to Chinese immigrant parents, and resided in the city and worked as a cook. 3/

Wong's Chinese immigrant parents, after the passage of the discriminatory Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, moved back to China. Wong accompanied them ‘back’- but as the only home he ever knew was in the U.S., he returned to SF and to his work here. 4/

Four years later, the now 21yo Wong Kim Ark, set off to visit his parents again -but upon return in 1895, he was detained and denied entry at US Customs. Wong fought vigorously. The young cook challenged the government’s refusal to recognize his birthright citizenship. 5/

The vital importance of immigrants to a democracy is not just as cheap labor, population replenishment, or as conveyors of culture, capital, & skills (‘good immigrants’), but bc immigrants fight for–and model for everyone–the right to have rights. Thank you, Wong Kim Ark. 6/6

Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."

I don’t know much about gods

Took me years to discover it, but I have found the funnest way to teach world lit classes: assign the great German Lieder; read them as poetry/literature (in original German with Eng & Japanese translations) while in-class performing the song-cycle pieces with electric piano.

Hello––my book Underland has been adapted into a feature film & the world premiere is Tribeca in June. It's taken 4.5 years––& the team have created something truly astonishing. A documentary that's groundbreaking in form, voice & tone. I hope you might get to see it one day. In

New book: Bride of Frankenstein [film|minutes] coming in September and available for pre-order now (link in first comment)

What a quote!

Finally, Pope Francis used his last public address to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Even as he was hospitalised, he maintained his commitment to check in on a daily basis with priests and parishioners at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City.

I remember when Francis became Pope and his first official visit outside of Rome was to Lampedusa to pray for migrants who had died / been killed at sea. It meant so much to me, especially as the world embraced that kind of cruelty as the way forward.

In a 2013 interview Pope Francis spoke about his love of Manzoni and Caravaggio, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Hölderlin, etc., and of his relationship with Borges: americamagazine.org/faith/2013/09/…

During the Cultural Revolution, in China, 1966-1976, the government made universities dysfunctional—on a whim.

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Though I suspect this will be biggest summer reading challenge - thank you, friend! Gappy (Giuseppe Paleologo)

favorite copyright page ever "Flowers, insects, people and motorcycles in it are imaginary. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Feelings are real yet fleeting. Their sum is complex, and is this book."