▲ 269 ▼ If everyone spontaneously became the same race the world would realize that the rich are the real problem (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 123 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sulgoth@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 child) Don't forget that people hated the Irish too. Color ain't the only reason. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) I remember a little while ago when it was in the news for a very short time that they found several mass graves in PA of Irish who were brought over to be indentured servants. I don't remember if they had determined what the cause of death was, whether it was illness or murder, but it stopped being news pretty quickly because no one really cared. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Cholera, mostly, but also violence. It says they were turned away from getting help because the locals feared contagion, so perhaps that's some of the violence. They also made practically no money but had a generous whiskey allotment, which would likely contribute to violence. They were working on Duffy's Cut for some time, and the mass grave has been described as a garbage dump for bodies, not like they were lined up and shot or something, not that it makes it any better. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/irelands-forgotten-sons-recovered-two-centuries-later-9194680/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lonefighter@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) I remember a little while ago when it was in the news for a very short time that they found several mass graves in PA of Irish who were brought over to be indentured servants. I don't remember if they had determined what the cause of death was, whether it was illness or murder, but it stopped being news pretty quickly because no one really cared. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Cholera, mostly, but also violence. It says they were turned away from getting help because the locals feared contagion, so perhaps that's some of the violence. They also made practically no money but had a generous whiskey allotment, which would likely contribute to violence. They were working on Duffy's Cut for some time, and the mass grave has been described as a garbage dump for bodies, not like they were lined up and shot or something, not that it makes it any better. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/irelands-forgotten-sons-recovered-two-centuries-later-9194680/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago Cholera, mostly, but also violence. It says they were turned away from getting help because the locals feared contagion, so perhaps that's some of the violence. They also made practically no money but had a generous whiskey allotment, which would likely contribute to violence. They were working on Duffy's Cut for some time, and the mass grave has been described as a garbage dump for bodies, not like they were lined up and shot or something, not that it makes it any better. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/irelands-forgotten-sons-recovered-two-centuries-later-9194680/ permalink fedilink source parent