New Immigrants
What was the main processing center during the period of new immigration?
Ellis Island
How many races was the world “divided into”?
“A handful of races or several dozen” (35).
Who were the Italians concentrated on the east coast Considered to be?
“Chinese of the East”
What was Henry Cabot Lodge referring too when he wrote of “race-extraction”?
Nationality / ethnicity
About how many US residents trace some of their heritage to Ellis Island?
A) 300 Million
B) 50 Million
C) 100 Million
D) 200 Million
100 Million
What was worse than being made nonwhite?
Being placed inbetween.
Was There a Black Family on the Titanic?
Yes, originally thought not because “Italian” was used for all of the “darker skinned” passengers.
How do we demistify “white ethnic immigrant narratives”?
Distinguish between historical oppression of blacks and that of new immigrants
What does the phrase "inbetween peoples mean?
Inbetween hard racism and full inclusion, neither securely white nor nonwhite
What did Robert F. Foerster say was the distinction between white and black men?
Value
What does the term “Wop” refer to?
The working men, african americans and Italians
What led to the rise of the term “ethnicity”?
As a result of antifascism and inclusion of new immigrants by the New Deal state
True
What rehabilitation did some Italian youths try with the word Guinea?
By Using it proudly in music.
What year did the Italian group lynching in Louisiana happen?
1891
According to the book, how do “race” and “ethnicity” differ?
“racial minorities” were often blacks, asians and other nonwhites. "ethnic minorities" meant Europeans
What was the contradiction discussed from the book Out of this Furnace?
The Irish would look down at the other European immigrants and now the European immigrants look down at the black saying the same things that were said to them.
True or False? Irish men were considered white in the early 1900s.
False