The Telling Case of Doctor Bhagat Singh Thind: Indian Nationalist, Citizen, and Spiritual Teacher

IF 0.2 4区历史学 Q2 HISTORY

OREGON HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1353/ohq.2023.0016

J. Ogden

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Abstract:On February 19, 1923, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Thind that Indians were not White and therefore not eligible for citizenship, a decision that stood for decades. Bhagat Singh Thind, an émigré from Punjab, India, then working in Linnton, Oregon was the man behind this precedent-setting case who built a life despite its far-reaching implications. Historian Ogden considers the arc of Thind’s life — mill worker, Ghadar activist, court litigant and Hollywood-based spiritual teacher — as a synthetic whole, with an emphasis on the global political realities, repression, and personal beliefs shaping his transformations. Thind’s multi-dimensional life provides a telling glimpse into an enduring American racial lineage.

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印度民族主义者、公民和精神导师Bhagat Singh Thind博士的故事

摘要：1923年2月19日，美国最高法院在美国诉Thind案中裁定，印度人不是白人，因此没有资格获得公民身份，这一裁决持续了几十年。Bhagat Singh Thind是一名来自印度旁遮普邦的移民，当时在俄勒冈州林顿工作，他是这起开创先例的案件的幕后主使，尽管其影响深远，但他还是建立了自己的生活。历史学家奥格登认为，Thind的人生轨迹——工厂工人、加达尔活动家、法庭诉讼当事人和好莱坞精神教师——是一个综合的整体，强调全球政治现实、镇压和个人信仰塑造了他的转变。Thind的多维生活让我们得以一窥美国悠久的种族血统。

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期刊介绍： The Oregon Historical Quarterly, a peer-reviewed, public history journal, has been published continuously since 1900 by the Oregon Historical Society, an independent, nonprofit organization. OHQ brings well-researched, well-written history about Oregon and the Pacific Northwest to both scholars and a general audience. With a circulation of around 5,500, OHQ is one of the largest state historical society journals in the United States and is a recognized and respected source for the history of the Pacific Northwest region.