Differences Between Irish And Chinese Immigrants

The Great Migration, and the immigration of Jews, Chinese, and Irish to America all had things in common. For starters, all of these groups weren’t always welcome in the places they moved to. They all faced discrimination and prejudice for being immigrants and migrants, and for their ethnicity. In my opinion Irish and Chinese immigrants had it the worst. The United States started creating anti-Chinese laws, which stopped allowing people emigrating from China and made it so Chinese people could never become citizens. People coming from Ireland could become citizens, but found it hard to make ends meet when they arrived in America. Businesses would put up signs that said “Help Wanted. No Irish Needed”. Both of these groups faced discrimination that made it hard to live in America. All of these groups do …show more content…
When any of these groups settled in a new place, ethnic enclaves were created. These places would be filled with stores, restaurants, and other facilities run by people of the same ethnic group. African Americans created artistic hubs such as Harlem, filled with African Americans bringing their culture from the South to create a new fusion of cultures. The Jewish formed new congregations where they settled, keeping their religious culture. The Chinese continued to celebrate their traditional holidays, wear their old clothes, and hairstyles. Although they were different groups of people they had these things in common.
I would say each of these groups could be considered refugees. The Jews were fleeing their their countries from religious prosecution. The Irish were leaving the poverty and famine taking the lives of so many people in their country. African Americans were