Italians were the 2nd most lynched group after Blacks (people are usually pretty surprised to find this out). One of the largest mass lynchings in American history was of 11 Italians in New Orleans in 1891. Also the lynchers during this incident were both White AND Black, so the whole racism element of lynchings and unlawful justice in every case isn’t as plainly black & white as people may think (pun not intended).
The incident caused waves between the US and Italy, and also with Italian Americans, since the lynchers were never prosecuted. To ease tensions with Italy & Italian Americans, president Benjamin Harrison declared the first nationwide celebration of Columbus Day in 1892, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Italian explorer's landing.
During the anniversary in 1892, teachers, preachers, poets and politicians celebrated ideals of patriotism. Many themes were citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation, and the celebration of social progress, among them was the Pledge of Allegiance by Francis Bellamy.
Many Italian Americans fund raised their own money to pay for Columbus statutes, as both a source of pride and as a gift to the neighborhoods of their communities, of course we all know how THAT would turn out...😡
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Not at all! I ask for links myself. I was just beat after writing everything, but you’re right it would have been easier if I just included from the start.
Italians were the 2nd most lynched group after Blacks (people are usually pretty surprised to find this out). One of the largest mass lynchings in American history was of 11 Italians in New Orleans in 1891. Also the lynchers during this incident were both White AND Black, so the whole racism element of lynchings and unlawful justice in every case isn’t as plainly black & white as people may think (pun not intended).
The incident caused waves between the US and Italy, and also with Italian Americans, since the lynchers were never prosecuted. To ease tensions with Italy & Italian Americans, president Benjamin Harrison declared the first nationwide celebration of Columbus Day in 1892, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Italian explorer's landing.
During the anniversary in 1892, teachers, preachers, poets and politicians celebrated ideals of patriotism. Many themes were citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation, and the celebration of social progress, among them was the Pledge of Allegiance by Francis Bellamy.
Many Italian Americans fund raised their own money to pay for Columbus statutes, as both a source of pride and as a gift to the neighborhoods of their communities, of course we all know how THAT would turn out...😡 sauce1 sauce 2 sauce 3
Sure, I added some sources to my original post. Not trying to make a victim contest fren, that’s something the stupid dems would do!
I know the Irish suffered much, including being hustled as slaves during the early days of English colonization, before African slavery started.
Not at all! I ask for links myself. I was just beat after writing everything, but you’re right it would have been easier if I just included from the start.
I looked into that claim and apart from that one mass hanging I couldn't find any source about Italians being the 2nd most lynched group.
Do you have any reliable sources?
Added sources to my original post