Daniel Okrent and the History of Bigotry, Eugenics, and Immigration
May 13, 2020•32 min•Ep. 28
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Episode description
Daniel Okrent, the first public editor of The New York Times newspaper and an writer, discusses the inspiration for and resulting research of his book "The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America"
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