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Its almost like the influx of "another tribe" didn't destroy pennsylvania.
Have you been to Pittsburgh?
Its almost like the influx of "another tribe" didn't destroy pennsylvania.
@LeadHave you been to Pittsburgh?
Lol the Italians weren't forced into slums anymore than any other ethnic group and they were never "forced" into any crime.The lions share of the blame goes to the Anglo Saxon Community treating Italians like dog shit due to their ethnic/religious difference. They were segregated into slums and their work opportunities dramatically reduced. It's no small wonder a people are going to turn to crime to survive.
The Italian mob wouldn't have boomed the way it did if the Italians were allowed to integrate into society with everyone else from the start.
The lions share of the blame goes to the Anglo Saxon Community treating Italians like dog shit due to their ethnic/religious difference. They were segregated into slums and their work opportunities dramatically reduced. It's no small wonder a people are going to turn to crime to survive.
The Italian mob wouldn't have boomed the way it did if the Italians were allowed to integrate into society with everyone else from the start.
Have you been to Pittsburgh?
It was destroyed by the Germans in the early 1800s and has never recovered.I don't get what point is being made here? Pittsburgh is overrun by immigrants or something?
But this is it.
This is the time immigration will surely destroy America.
It was destroyed by the Germans in the early 1800s and has never recovered.
This is why Muslims are scary.
I don't get what point is being made here? Pittsburgh is overrun by immigrants or something?
Here's the difference. Germans immigrated here, whereas blacks were forced he from Africa via slavery, and most Mexicans view the southwest as stolen land.
The reason Europeans assimilated is because they all came here willingly.
It's also why Jews, Indians, and Asians prosper and assimilate here in the US - because they wanted to become American !
It was a joke about Pittsburgh being a dump lol
Lol the Italians weren't forced into slums anymore than any other ethnic group and they were never "forced" into any crime.
Discrimination sucks but unless the group discriminating uses their power to prohibit a group from employment or something, they can't really affect the economic standing or the discriminated group
And I'm not aware of any anti-Italian laws that impoverished them.
Those are private business owners discriminating, completely different from using government to actually legally stop people from getting a job.The only thing to LOL about is your poor grasp of American history.
http://dailybuzzlive.com/italian-german-irish-american-immigrants/
The TS Himself even posted a hint of the general prejudice among Anglo's to Migrants i don't why it would seem far fetched given its right there when you opened this thread. Franklin went even further and remarked that Germans had a "Negro demeanor" and tint to their skin.
I wasn't force as an American via slavery. I immigrated. Quit bunching all of us together. Also, under your premise, aren't all natural-born Americans "forced" to be Americans?
Germans living stateside were actually treated like dog shit by the US Government and larger part of the citizenry in light of the hysteria brought on by World War I. There was a concentrated effort to crush the culture and thriving 'Little Germania' enclaves prevalent all throughout the Northern/Midwest United States at the time and reduce them to tattered remnants with several lynchings even taking place. That effort largely succeeded and is a big reason why most German-Americans have no connection to their homeland of origin today, particularly if their families were in the US prior to that.
Indians are highly self selected. Asians and Jews don't have the historical and psychological baggage of the Black and Native American expereince. Asians did face discrimination but they came here voluntarily and weren't treated remotely as bad as Blacks and Native peoples were.Here's the difference. Germans immigrated here, whereas blacks were forced he from Africa via slavery, and most Mexicans view the southwest as stolen land.
The reason Europeans assimilated is because they all came here willingly.
It's also why Jews, Indians, and Asians prosper and assimilate here in the US - because they wanted to become American !