In this segment (Show Shorty), Dr. Kimya Dennis shares that by demonstrating anti-Black sentiments in the early 1800s, the #Irish #Immigrants became accepted and permitted full access to American society....i.e. became "White". Her gift is below: thecharnelhous... - Homework:
*The New York City Draft Riots of 1863 - President Abraham Lincoln diverted several regiments of militia and volunteer troops after the Battle of Gettysburg to control the city. The rioters were overwhelmingly Irish working-class men who did not want to fight in the Civil War and resented that wealthier men, who could afford to pay a $300 commutation fee to hire a substitute, were spared from the draft.[6][7] At the time a typical laborer's wage was between $1.00 and $2.00 a day, and the fee was equivalent to $7,400 in 2023. Initially intended to express anger at the draft, the protests turned into a race riot against African-Americans by Irish rioters. The Irish resented the fact that free blacks were paid more than them and did not need to fear being drafted, whereas the Irish could only avoid the draft by paying $300.
*The Cincinnati race riots of 1829 - were triggered by competition for jobs between Irish immigrants and native blacks and former slaves, in Cincinnati, Ohio[1] but also were related to white fears given the rapid increases of free and fugitive blacks in the city during this decade, particularly in the preceding three years.