The Supreme Court ruled high-caste Hindus ineligible for naturalization as non-Whites

Evidence

The Supreme Court of the United States affirmed that the applicant, a high-caste Hindu, was not considered White within the meaning of Section 2169, Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 4358) and therefore found that he was ineligible for naturalization. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1433

Categorization

• XREF: Connect to US citizenship law as racial gatekeeping, echoing the racialized exclusions documented in the citizenship/whiteness legal history literature.