Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThe USA prided itself on a nation of immigrant, heck even the Statue of Liberty says it. When did immigrants (US citizens from the old world) become anti immigrant and why?message-squaremessage-square59linkfedilinkarrow-up1252arrow-down17
arrow-up1245arrow-down1message-squareThe USA prided itself on a nation of immigrant, heck even the Statue of Liberty says it. When did immigrants (US citizens from the old world) become anti immigrant and why?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square59linkfedilink
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 month ago And it wasn’t always a skin color thing either, the Irish were one of the big targets for a long time. Irish, Slavs and Italians were not considered white, so … it’s still a “where is the migration from” kinda thing
Irish, Slavs and Italians were not considered white, so … it’s still a “where is the migration from” kinda thing