During the 1800s we needed people. We were winning the West and killing the indigenous population. Immigration from Europe was welcomed and many came fleeing oppression and seeking a better life. However. we barred immigration from the East. We may have needed the Chinese and other people from that part of the world. but we had bars on immigration and deported the Chinese who were here illegally. The 1900s brought limits and quotas. We no longer needed the huddled masses and we began to get a bit more selective. The era of exclusion was firmly established. Today. immigrants come from our own hemisphere and from other parts of the Third World. They dont necessarily look like us. speak like us. or follow our customs. Today. we speak with the voice of exclusion. a voice which was not raised when we needed people to build our railroads. mine our mines. or clear and plant our fields.
Identified stereotypes
Immigrants from the Third World don't look, speak, or follow customs like "us".