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> (Irish for one) was pretty heavy with signs (e.g. "No Irish Allowed"). It is a myth that such signs were ever common. http://historymyths.wordpress.com/2012
by aestra 13y ago
> (Irish for one) was pretty heavy with signs (e.g. "No Irish Allowed").
It is a myth that such signs were ever common.
http://historymyths.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/myth-82-signs-saying-no-irish-need-apply-were-common/ http://historymyths.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/myth-82-signs-s...
http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/no-irish.htm http://tigger.uic.edu/~rjensen/no-irish.htm
http://www.cracked.com/article_18487_6-ridiculous-history-myths-you-probably-think-are-true_p2.html http://www.cracked.com/article_18487_6-ridiculous-history-my...
- protomyth 13y agoSince all you sources point to one article by a "Richard Jensen", I'll just point to the snopes thread[1] and the wikipedia article[2] with the other research. The picture from the New York Times wanted ads is particularly interesting. I do take it we have forgotten about the "No Nothing Party". 1) http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=102;t=000427;p=1 http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_to... 2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_sentiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_sentiment
- aestra 13y agoI didn't suggest the signs didn't exist at all, or that there wasn't anti-irish sentiment. I suggested they weren't particularly common in America. Not as much as widely believed.