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To: lowbridge

I think an element of society is going to opt for anti-immigrant actions. Most of us including me are not.

I feel sorry for people who are innocent and could be mistaken for illegals.

1800s
Anti-immigrant protests culminated into riots in Philadelphia in 1844;
St. Louis in 1854,
Cincinnati and Louisville in 1855;
Baltimore in 1856;
Washington, D.C. and New York City in 1857;
and New Orleans in 1858.

The reaction to Japanese in the US after Pearl Harbor (before they were protected in camps):
The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan on the neutral United States without warning and the deaths of almost 2,500 people during ongoing U.S./Japanese peace negotiations was presented to the American populace as an act of treachery, barbarism, and cowardice. Following the attack, many non-governmental “Jap hunting licenses” were circulated around the country. Life magazine published an article on how to distinguish a Japanese person from a Chinese person by the shape of the nose and the stature of the body. The Guadalacanal Diary, which was published in 1943, wrote about the accounts of American soldiers, collecting Japanese ‘gold teeth’ or body parts such as hands or ears, to keep as trophies. The diary became extremely popular within the United States during the Second World war.
In Wikipedia “Anti-Japanese Sentiment in the United States.”


6 posted on 05/07/2024 11:43:36 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: frank ballenger

You are one seriously confused individual. All of the history you cited has nothing whatsoever to do with today’s invasion of people from around the world illegally pouring across our border. They are creating all sorts of problems for Americans, yet there have not been riots or any type of physical backlash against them. So take your misplaced sympathy and shove it.


12 posted on 05/08/2024 3:24:05 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats. -- P.J. O’Rourke)
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