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		UncleEntity on Feb 3, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The unequal treatment of demographic groups by Cha... Pretty much all immigrant groups were treated “hateful” throughout American history. The difference is most were absorbed into The Melting Pot™ while people from Africa were never really allowed to assimilate fully.

dtyy568 on Feb 3, 2023 [–]

The mere fact that you needed to use quotes should clue you in that the scale was fundamentally different between groups. It's not as if th Irish were literal slaves for centuries in America.

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