Sunday, March 17, 2024

Poor Irish immigrants

But not always, apparently. Tyler Anbinder got ahold of bank records, which included quite a bit of info about the people who held the accounts. "four in 10 day laborers could end up in white-collar jobs"

2 comments:

  1. Man, you can get into an ugly argument about that up around Boston. Because some people were undeniably treated badly, the descendants of others who weren't still feel resentful.

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  2. I wonder if it is harder to give up "somebody else's grievances" that you've assumed than to give up your own. Maybe if it costs you something significant...

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