I've heard about the struggles of Black People through out the ages, The Indians have been persecuted by the whites for a while, got it. Women where looked down on only until recently. These are problems that have plauged Americas past, yet no one has taught as vigorously as the other groups about the struggle the Irish endured upon entering this country. The Irish were persecuted as much as the Black People in their day. They weren't allowed to get jobs, they had to band together to even survive in this country. I don't really know why I don't hear about the Irish struggle in the old and new country, but those people had a rough run that was just as bad as many of the other groups we are taught about.
Pierce Mckain
AMH 1041
T 8:50
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Speaking as someone of Irish descent, you have a good point here and I wish the textbook did a better job of covering the Irish. That being said, it isn't even remotely correct to say that what the Irish went through was comparable to what blacks or Native Americans went through. More first-generation Africans and Native Americans were killed by Europeans and Americans than than the number of first-generation Irish who have ever lived in the U.S.
Your previous post on "bums" is totally inappropriate for anything related to college-level work and has been deleted.
You're completely right, Pierce. The only time during my 20 years of life that I've heard about the oppression of the Irish is duirng an English lecture my Freshman year of college. Maybe you should submit somehting to Brinkley's and tell them about this. Granted its not the same as the history of blacks in AMerica, but its still apart of the history of this great nation.
Kayla J. Walker
AMH1041 TR10:05-11:20
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