“Differentiated races are fixed by nature or God. You cannot escape your racial classification (Weidman, 2006).” This is the fifth core belief of the ideology and immediately forms the basis for why the race survived into the twentieth century. There will always be scientists, philosophers, doctors and historians who examine the origins and continuation of the race. By examining their research we are able to understand this color line and how it influenced the twentieth century. The race survived throughout the twentieth century in part because of continued discrimination against those of non-Western European descent. From a cultural aspect we have started to separate groups and degrade them by using offensive terms such as “Huns”, “Greaser” and “Hunky” to describe immigrant groups (Roediger, 2008). There was also a problem with laws being bent to include only a select few. In the case of Takao Ozawa who asked for naturalization he was denied not because he was not culturally white (in the form of religion). The Naturalization Acts became vicious when races began throwing each other under the bus hoping they could personally find a way to become white citizens. Achieving the status of a white American worker became a dream. Immigration is a current issue that has caused a lot of drama in the media, but it's not the first time. At the beginning of the twentieth century, immigration was treated severely. The outbreak of the First World War brought with it a strong aversion towards immigrants. People who hoped to integrate by working in the American community quickly found themselves facing problems. Immigrants from Eastern European countries (particularly the Slovak region) were discouraged from working and the new motto “100% American” began to......middle of paper......to provide for those who live in our country. Village. We continued the separation of races by making generalizations about races. One hundred and twenty thousand people of Japanese descent from the United States were sent to live in war relocation camps because they “might” be involved in future attacks on the United States. (The Great Depression and World War II, 2007). Although many of these Japanese were US citizens, under the misconception that they could endanger our country, even our President was fooled. Once again, when citizens were shown by leading figures in the community that separating the races and making judgments about them was okay, this provides the fuel for racism to continue. The survival of the race in the twentieth century was influenced by the comfort provided by the elimination of the separation between blacks and whites in the United States.