Irish and Irish Americans (Cont.) February 12, 2014Lifestyle- Laboro Men: docks, construction, textile mills, factorieso Women: domestic servants, tenement houses (more than 1 person per room) Urban Lifestyle- Regardless of Race or Ethnicity, people in cities surrounded by sex, drugs, violence- Pub culture- hearty, filling drink before and after work; socialization- Bare-knuckle boxing- Irish men boxed for money (Tom Cruise did it inthe movie example)- Brothelso ProstitutionUrban Politics“Political machine”- Because Irish were oppressed by English Americans, immigrant leaders took control of local politics - Shaped government programs to benefit the poor and new arrivalso Ex. Tammany Hall “Political Boss”- Leader who wanted to represent the underdog - Help the poor/new arrivals o Ex. Boss TweedStereotypes#1 Catholic- Brainwashed by the Papacy - Transubstantiation- practice of communion the belief of ingesting the “body” and “blood” of Jesus Christ - Blood drinkers- Baby killers- Vampires #2 Race- Ape-likeo Missing link between the ape and the human - Black Irisho Irish in the North were equivalent to the Blacks in the
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