I wanted there to be more parallels with other divisions in Boston to flesh out the broad truth about divisions among people.
Not a lot.. but a few thoughtful comments and remembrances about events in Northern Ireland and the history with the Brits.
You just have to watch the Godfatherti see the treatment of Italians.
Race is one issue but Irish Catholics were not a welcome group either vs Protestants And Italians were discriminated against too.
By the time of these events both groups became 'American white'.
Do maybe I'm asking too much. Maybe the history of our country needs revisions to include a broader and deeper set of info about how all immigrants were treated here oh and why they left their countries in the first place!
Not a lot.. but a few thoughtful comments and remembrances about events in Northern Ireland and the history with the Brits.
You just have to watch the Godfatherti see the treatment of Italians.
Race is one issue but Irish Catholics were not a welcome group either vs Protestants And Italians were discriminated against too.
By the time of these events both groups became 'American white'.
Do maybe I'm asking too much. Maybe the history of our country needs revisions to include a broader and deeper set of info about how all immigrants were treated here oh and why they left their countries in the first place!