Which two Supreme Court cases demonstrated the extent to which Whiteness was based on "common knowledge?"

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Takao Ozawa v. United States and United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind both demonstrated the extent to which Whiteness was based on "common knowledge." In Takao Ozawa v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that Japanese immigrants were not White and therefore could not become citizens. The court based their decision on the common knowledge that Japanese people were not Caucasian, and therefore not White. Similarly, in United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind, the court ruled that people from India were not White and therefore could not become citizens. The court again based their decision on the common knowledge that Indians were not Caucasian, and therefore not White.

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