African Immigration To America

Many groups of people migrated to the United States. Some moved because of push factors like natural disasters and political problems, while others were put into slavery and taken to America involuntarily. Several of these groups that migrated to America throughout the course of history were the Africans, the Irish, and the Southern Italians. The Africans were one of the first people groups in America and migrated during the Formative Wave. The Irish migrated during the First Wave, and the Southern Italians migrated during the Second Wave. The Africans were forcibly moved to America; the Irish were chain migrants; and the Southern Italians were both chain and return migrants. Out of these three groups, the Africans were the only group that …show more content…
One common stereotype that was given to all three of these groups, the Africans, the Irish, and the Southern Italians, was that they all were “violent”. The Africans were seen as “violent” because of their Animality. Animals do not have a sense of moral right and wrong, therefore they do what they please, just like what the WASPs thought the about Africans. They also saw them as “violent” because of their revolts. The Africans that did not have a family during slavery would not care if something happened to the other slaves they were working with, so they would actively revolt by burning down the master’s home and destroying the …show more content…
The Irish created different roles in the Institutional Catholic church, like also being the banking system so they were able to send money back to their families that were still in Ireland. For the Irish everything was done through the Church. Because the children would have to be put in Americanized schools, the Irish sent their children to parochial schools, which were religious schools connected to the Catholic church, in order for the Irish American children to keep and learn about their heritage. They also used voting blocks to gain power over the WASPs by courting the vote. The Southern Italians also fought the assimilation by creating the non-institutional churches in their own homes where they were able to worship freely. If they did not have to leave their house to live out their culture, they would never have to assimilate. Large amounts of immigrants also moved farther out west to get away from the majority of WASPs. The Africans, though they were not pushed to assimilate, fought against the demands of the WASPs by passively and actively rebelling during slavery. They would “pull one over on the master” by using their stereotypes to their advantage. The WASPs thought they were dumb, so the Africans would have them “demonstrate” how to do the work. This in turn would make the master do all the work. Despite all that was