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Even as the boat was docking, these immigrants to America learned that life in America was going to be a battle for survival. Hundreds of runners, usually large greedy men, swarmed aboard the ship grabbing immigrants and their bags trying to force them to their favorite tenement house and then exact an outrageous fee for their services. As the poor immigrant had no means of moving on, they settled in the port of arrival. Almshouses were filled with these Irish immigrants. They begged on every street. One honest immigrant wrote home at the height of the potato famine exodus, "My master is a great tyrant, he treats me as badly as if I was a common Irishman." The writer further added, "Our position in America is one of shame and poverty." No group was considered lower than an Irishman in America during the 1850s.
Free land did not lure them. They rejected the land for the land had rejected them; yet even so they always spoke reverently of the old sod in Ireland. All major cities had their "Irish Town" or "Shanty Town" where the Irish clung together. Our immigrant ancestors were not wanted in America. Ads for employment often were followed by "NO IRISH NEED APPLY." They were forced to live in cellars and shanties, partly because of poverty but also because they were considered bad for the neighborhood...they were unfamiliar with plumbing and running water. These living conditions bred sickness and early death. It was estimated that 80% of all infants born to Irish immigrants in New York City died. Their brogue and dress provoked ridicule; their poverty and illiteracy provoked scorn.
Originally posted by Raverous
I am white and I'm already made to feel like a minority here in mexicommiefornia. Everywhere I turn I see pregnant Mexicans with a baby in each arm and 4-5 kids walking behind.. Hardly any Asians or Blacks.. Lots of Muslims though I never see them with kids...
-this is in no way a racist post, so get that ignorant crap out of your head-
[edit on 16-8-2008 by Raverous]
sadly, we are already divided by almost everything possible. The gap between the rich, to middle, to lower class is astounding. People are always being criticized for their nationality based on what current events may be going on in the world. And as for race, I think that also goes along with nationality.
Throughout history, cultures have always fought against each other, to dominate and decimate the opposition and impose their laws on the defeated population. Could this be something deep within the human psyche? To protect your own culture and way of life at all costs?
Originally posted by jakyll
Dividing ourselves even further is not the answer.
I am white and I'm already made to feel like a minority here in mexicommiefornia. Everywhere I turn I see pregnant Mexicans with a baby in each arm and 4-5 kids walking behind.. Hardly any Asians or Blacks.. Lots of Muslims though I never see them with kids...
So what is the answer then?
Originally posted by Sonya610
Originally posted by buds84
Honestly, you will never bring a good come back on this topic.
Face it, you ignorant whites think you invented everything and the world wouldn't spin without you.
No this is a discussion forum. PLEASE point out those important inventions from other races. We need to learn.
Would the world spin? Yup. Would you be sharing this on the internet? No.
Originally posted by jakyll
The Abacus (2700–2300 BC) is accepted as the world's first calculator.There are others such as the Antikythera Mechanism (150 to 100 BC) and the Astrolobe.(927/8 AD)
Originally posted by Grand Puba
BLACK INVENTIONS
Air Conditioning- Louis Latimer, 1886
Originally posted by Grand Puba
The Blimp- J.F. Pickering, 1900
Originally posted by Grand Puba
Helicopter- Paul E. Williams, 1962
Originally posted by OhZone
If you look for a photo any any of these alleged black "inventors" you will see that they have a large amount of white blood in them.
Some of them could pass for white.
also consider that "black inventors" are the myth of the current age.
I don't understand why they are doing this.
Perhaps to create more racial tensions.
as whites build resentment over the lies.
The idea of all these black inventors is certainly incongruous with anything that has happened in Africa in the last 5000+ years.
black inventors
"Lewis Latimer invented the carbon filament in 1881 or 1882? No! "
"English chemist/physicist Joseph Swan experimented with a carbon-filament incandescent light all the way back in 1860, and by 1878 had developed a better design which he patented in Britain."
Many more enlightening examples on the above ref site.