I am suspicious of this writer. He seems a bit flippant. I have seen quite a few primary sources (reproduced obviously) from the 1850s to 1920s that indicated a "racial" type of discrimination was at play. And there are people still alive today who can tell you that Irish, Italians, Poles, etc. were often regarded as not being properly white like English, French, Germans and Scandinavians until well into this century. Yet this author tells us that there was essentially no discrimination against the Irish in the 1860s?
This. My great-grandparents (Volga German immigrants) were tasked during WWII with having their farm used as a sort of POW camp for German POWs. The thought was that eastern Montana was a good place to hold them, because they weren't likely to get far if they escaped, they could be put to use harvesting wheat and sugar beets, and there was a local German-speaking population to obviate the need for interpreters.
However, the Army came by and removed every single sharp object from the house first. Because, y'know....can't fully trust those folks. They might be Americans, but they're still
German-Americans.
Apparently, they relented enough to give the butter knives and one kitchen knife back when my great-grandmother protested that if the Army wanted them to feed the POWs, they'd damn well need a knife to cook with.
As to the Occupy Movement, life conspired to keep me away yesterday, although Raleigh is apparently having assemblies twice a day between now and the 15th. Yeah, the 15th is shaping up to be something big. Unforunately (or possibly fortunately) I'll be at work that day. I'd like to be out there, but at least I'll be in a good position to get an idea of what the law enforcement response is looking like, especially at the Fed level.
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