Did the Irish face racism segregation or prejudice when they emigrated to the US?

Answer 1

Germans in AmericaThere have been Germans in America - and Americans of German origin - for a very long time and since about the 1690's (when my descendants arrived with their entire village from southern Germany) in quite large numbers, too.

There were problems in both World Wars, but in general it's my impression that the Germans and Americans of German origin have been and are respected in America.

Obviously, the US is a very long way from Germany; not that many Americans read or speak German, and many of the ideas prevalent in America about Germany may be out of date.

Answer:

After World War II, immigrant Germans and also some German speaking Amish did face some racism, due to their easily identified German accents. Most of the prejudice has died down, but there are still some people in America who identify Germans as Nazis.

Racism is still there, there has been many times where you will hear the words "Nazi!" through the halls and it will be directed at a German. People have drawn swastikas (spl?) on other peoples backpacks. Having blonde hair and light colored eyes is something that shouldn't be delclared as "looking like a Nazi."

Answer 2

Migrants from Germany have generally been popular in the U. S. - especially if Protestant. They did face discrimination during the two world wars, when Germany was an enemy of the US, but nothing to compare to that faced by Japanese-Americans.

Answer 3

There certainly was prejudice that Irish immigrants faced in the 1700s-1800s when immigrating to America (for all intents and purposes, that's gone in modern times.)

The racism was definitely more subdued than what other racial groups were encountering, but there were job advertisements that would say "No Irish Need Apply", and Irish Catholics had a long-standing bitter relationship with Protestants in America, coming to a head with the "Know Nothing" movement in the 1850s which was a move to oust Catholics from public office. For the most part there was no outright segregation, but Irish-Americans were mocked in newspapers and Cartoons of the time.

Answer 4

I see your answer is about ww2, and during that time especially Germans were discriminated against, but it was the Japanese that were sent to isolation camps after the bombing of pearl harbor because the American public was scared that there were spies in the Japanese-American community.