US Code reference to “White” citizens

Further proof that the events during these times were matters of citizenship, not just race, this line exists in the United States Code to this day. Notice how this code uses the verbiage from the 14th Amendment.

Notice also the reference to “white citizens”, the opposite end of the aisle. These were the state citizens “not” subject to “the” jurisdiction thereof in the 14th amendment, native citizens of the state that the states were trying to separate federal citizens from.

US Code
§1981. Equal rights under the law
(a) Statement of equal rights
All persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall have the same right in every State and Territory to make and enforce contracts, to sue, be parties, give evidence, and to the full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of persons and property as is enjoyed by white citizens, and shall be subject to like punishment, pains, penalties, taxes, licenses, and exactions of every kind, and to no other.