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re: So Asians make more money on average than whites in the US
Posted on 8/28/14 at 1:15 pm to StrongSafety
Posted on 8/28/14 at 1:15 pm to StrongSafety
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Most immigrants that came here came from wealth and education and strong family structures back home.
Hate to burst your bubble but many Irish came here to avoid starving to death. Around 70% of this country can trace their heritage (some part) back to Ireland. The Irish were viewed as less valuable than a slave. These are well documented facts and the Irish seem to be doing OK for themselves.
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Posted on 8/28/14 at 1:25 pm to DevilDogTiger
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Hate to burst your bubble but many Irish came here to avoid starving to death. Around 70% of this country can trace their heritage (some part) back to Ireland. The Irish were viewed as less valuable than a slave. These are well documented facts and the Irish seem to be doing OK for themselves.
I'd guess MOST immigrants neither were poor or well educated back in the day.
Most were like the Irish.
Posted on 8/28/14 at 5:33 pm to DevilDogTiger
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Around 70% of this country can trace their heritage (some part) back to Ireland. The Irish were viewed as less valuable than a slave.
Let's not devalue being able to trace your heritage. Gotta know where your from to get where your going. I truly think that has stripped them of a foundation that had to be rebuilt through oppression
Posted on 8/28/14 at 5:54 pm to DevilDogTiger
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Around 70% of this country can trace their heritage (some part) back to Ireland.
70% seems very high. I seem to recall the percentage of Irish-Americans being estimated to be in the high 30's.
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The Irish were viewed as less valuable than a slave. These are well documented facts and the Irish seem to be doing OK for themselves.
This contradict everything I've read on this subject. For example, African slaves were considered 3/5ths of a human being but Irish endentured servants were considered a whole human being. Also, as far back as the 17th century, court records showed that slaves received harsher punishments than endentured servants for the same offense.
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