An illustration from a book on U.S. history depicting former immigrants rejecting new immigrant.

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locksymania on January 14th, 2025 at 10:43 UTC »

There's a poem out there somewhere about the struggles of Irish migrants arriving in America in the 19th century that then segues to their service in the Union Army suppressing First Nations peoples.

You see it now, too. So many people in the orbit of nativist politics with Irish family names who've lost all perspective on the accusations and prejudice levelled at their forebearers.

Spartan2470 on January 14th, 2025 at 13:55 UTC »

Here is a higher-quality and less-cropped version of this image.

Looking Backward

They would close to the new-comer the bridge that carried them and their fathers over.

J. Keppler

This was originally published in 1893 in Puck magazine.

deltageek on January 14th, 2025 at 14:46 UTC »

Oh wow, I remember this image from my high school history textbook.