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displacedvermoter

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4. Unfortunately, human nature and our history

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 20, 2024, 03:07 PM

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show that new waves of immigrants are taken advantage of and oppressed by the previous wave of immigrants. The new folks are different, are perceived as a threat to jobs, and are easy targets.

My own French Canadian ancestors were scorned and abused by the Irish, who themselves had been scorned and abused by Scottish and German immigrants. And today I fear, descendants of those same French Canadians are among the most virulent bashers of the black and brown folks arriving today.

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Or, "If they get a break, I should get one too" which is not entirely unreasonable. eppur_se_muova Friday #2

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