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[โ€“] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The first waves, sure. Once you get to the Irish escaping the famine or the Italians escaping Mussolini, it became more about just survival.

The OGs were racist as fuck towards them, too.

[โ€“] TheObviousSolution@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

They served as fuel for the social structures the first waves built.