However, as time passed and with the continue restriction of Asian immigrants, many whites began focusing on differences in skin tone and religion. This can be seen with the arrival of Italians who were a bit darker, many whites began questioning if they had the right to be American citizens. It was also a consequence of a growing anti-Catholic sentiment that had been brewing in the nation of mostly protestant whites. After the civil war, the country experienced a labor shortage especially in the south which depended greatly on slave labor. After their arrival Italian immigrants found themselves targets of discrimination and economic exploitation. They also found themselves victim of lynching, in New Orleans in 1981, nine Italians who were accused and acquitted of killing a police offer, along with two other Italians who were being held in a Jail were lynched by an angry mob who stormed the Jailhouse and dragged them out. What followed was not remorse but a round up and arrest of over a hundred Italians who were perceived by the public as being criminals. What made it worst was an endorsement by politicians such as Teddy. Roosevelt who when asked about the lunching stated that, “they were rather a good thing.” And John Parker who had aided in the organization of the Lynch
However, as time passed and with the continue restriction of Asian immigrants, many whites began focusing on differences in skin tone and religion. This can be seen with the arrival of Italians who were a bit darker, many whites began questioning if they had the right to be American citizens. It was also a consequence of a growing anti-Catholic sentiment that had been brewing in the nation of mostly protestant whites. After the civil war, the country experienced a labor shortage especially in the south which depended greatly on slave labor. After their arrival Italian immigrants found themselves targets of discrimination and economic exploitation. They also found themselves victim of lynching, in New Orleans in 1981, nine Italians who were accused and acquitted of killing a police offer, along with two other Italians who were being held in a Jail were lynched by an angry mob who stormed the Jailhouse and dragged them out. What followed was not remorse but a round up and arrest of over a hundred Italians who were perceived by the public as being criminals. What made it worst was an endorsement by politicians such as Teddy. Roosevelt who when asked about the lunching stated that, “they were rather a good thing.” And John Parker who had aided in the organization of the Lynch