The Colonial Americans hated the German and Irish waves just as strongly as I have seen modern America react to the Southeast Asians, the Latin Americans, and more recently (or overlapping, as it goes back to my childhood) the Near Easterners.
I think, in some ways, it has more to do with being afraid that all you built for yourself in the 'new' country cannot withstand too much pressure from 'newer' influences.
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Date: 2010-09-18 02:48 am (UTC)I think, in some ways, it has more to do with being afraid that all you built for yourself in the 'new' country cannot withstand too much pressure from 'newer' influences.