In the 1922 Ozawa v. United States case, a Japanese man who had lived in the United States for 20 years applied for naturalization. According to him, his skin was as white as that of any white man and he followed the American lifestyle, so he deserved to obtain citizenship. However, it was blatantly rejected because the Supreme Court ruled that a white person was only one who belonged to the Caucasian race, and he, according to science, belonged to the Mongoloid race. (www.youtube.com/channel/UClmZ97t1t-qJPRFyKYi0jLQ. “RACE: The Power Of An Illusion – Episode 3: The House We Live In (PBS Documentary” YouTube. YouTube, 2016. Web. 18 September 2016). However, when an Indian man, Bhagat Singh Thind, learned of this ruling and immediately appealed for his citizenship, arguing that if only the Caucasian race was granted nationality, then he would certainly belong to it, according to the Court's research Suprema responded by arguing that science doesn't prove whether a person is Caucasian or not, what matters is what they look like