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Inhospitable Immigration History, Irish Edition

Started by washingtonindependent · 10 months ago

Though a nation built by immigrants, the United States has traditionally been inhospitable to new arrivals. The sequential waves of immigrants who came to America’s shores were regularly greeted by the equivalent of "Go Home!" signs. La

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  • taywray

    1 year ago

    Nice article. When you can comprehend the amount of pure death and hardship endured by early immigrant groups like the Irish or the Chinese, the racism faced by newer groups like Latinos and Arab-Americans doesn't seem quite as daunting. Maybe, just maybe, mainstream America managed (is managing?) to reject mindless bigotry?
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  • ndustire

    11 months ago

    Why can't we add muslims to the above list?
    Add a law that their children must marry non muslims as well.
    That should make them think twice about coming to the US
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