Some have thought that the immigrants being discriminated the most in the history of the United States were the Chinese. Nothing can be further from the truth. The earliest large-scale immigration in the United States was the Irish, which reached its peak in 1850. The Irish men often worked as labors, while the women as maids, and Irish houses were often quite unhygienic. Even before they came to the United States, they were more like slaves. . At the time, a writer said that he thought that the most miserable people in the United States was the Native Americans and the black slaves; later he admitted that he did not know that the Irish were worse than them. At that time, many shops even put on the sign "No Irish Need Apply". The Irish later developed very well in the political scenes of the United States because they were active in secret associations and were naturally good at politics; some prominent politicians, like the Kennedys are Irish. The Irish had also been profited from the urbanization of the United States, especially of New York.
The myth that the Jews were the smart conspirators who carried their money to the United States is simply just a myth. During the First World War, the U.S. Army conducted an IQ test on the Jews; the results showed that the average IQ of Jews was actually lower than that of any other race, including the descendants of the black slaves. What about their legendary wealth then? The truth is, the Jews who arrived in the United States were all poor; they were mostly driven to the United States because of the antisemitism in Europe. How then, did they become rich? The answer is through education,and respect for knowledge. Some had observed that the Jewish labors who worked at the docks and found that they borrowed 60% of non-fiction books from the docks' libraries. The best-selling books are often left on the bookshelves, covered with dust. The Jews were the only people going to night school to study after a day of hard work. Even so, the Jewish newspapers criticized that the Jews at docks were a disappointment.
In the United States, 29 million people claim a British heritage, 25 million of German descent, and 16 million of Irish; the number of Americans of German descent ranks second.
Compared with other immigrants, the Germans immigrated to the United States enjoyed the best life. The reason is that many of them are artisans and professionals, which mean they would have more money, and many of the entrepreneurs in the United States are of German descent. They brought, or invent the covered wagon frequently used in American West, rifle gun, Christmas tree, hamburgers, sausages and bowling balls, the Steinway piano, Budweiser beer and the first kindergarten in the United States. Bausch & Lomb, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Rockefeller Group and a constellation of other American companies were established by people with German heritage. Even the military leaders like John Pershing and Dwight Eisenhower who led the United States against the Nazi Germany were of German descent. The Germans are known for their love of learning; in the early 20th century, there were 3.5 million German readers, with 49 monthly publications, 433 weekly magazines and 70 daily newspapers.
So what about Chinese immigrants? It appears that the most prominent feature of these Chinese immigrants is that they were not interested in learning. The earliest Chinese were actually Taizhou people from Guangdong, and more precisely there were laborers, not immigrants; this means that what they were in the United States to earn some money, and then they planned to return to China, not to stay in the United States for long period of time. Most of them were male, and the sex ratio of these migrants was seriously disproportionate. The Chinese in this period were mainly agricultural and railways workers and they had contributed in building a section of the Pacific Railway. Later, their main job was working in Chinese restaurants and laundries. Because of the pressure of the anti-China waves, they were generally concentrated in Chinatowns. They had to rely on self-organization, and Chinatowns became underworld dens; ordinary white people would not go to Chinatown, unless they were rogues and gang members. In that era, Chinatowns were known for three things: prostitution, drug addiction and gambling; they were a highly self-enclosed community and the desperation there had led to a suicide rate three times higher than the national average.
Chinese were not an educated community in the United States. In 1900, the proportion of Chinese professionals was lower than that of black slaves. The rise of real Chinese immigrants in the United States began during World War II, but in the 1940s after the start of World War II, only 3% of Chinese were professionals; the education level of this group is probably among the lowest in the United States. After 1960, the second generation of Chinese began to rise. With the arrival of new Chinese immigrants, first the Hong Kong immigrants, and then there were more immigrants. Since then, a large number of professional and technical personnel have appeared in the Chinese community. A group of well-known scholars and professionals have begun to appear as well, and education and income levels of the Chinese Americans have begun to increase drastically. But in general, Chinese in the United States is far from being the highest-paid and the most knowledgeable ethnic community; in fact it has never been so.
The most misunderstood Americans are the African Americans. African Americans and Black Africans are quite different in terms of language and culture. Today's African Americans are an independent race, forming one of the oldest communities in the United States. When the Black Americans were slaves, their living conditions are much better than many of those living in the European countries. The average life expectancy of black slaves was 36 years old, and the average life expectancy of Irish people was only 19 years old. The average life expectancy of black American slaves is the same as that of the Dutch and French, but higher than the Italians and Austrians at the time. After 1890, the residence of black slaves in the United States had begun to install glass windows, which is better than many families in the current socialist Cuba. Slavery is often being mentioned, but in the southern states of the United States, only 25% of white families had slaves, and more than 30% of free black families in some parts of the United States had their own black slaves.
Between different races in America, Chinese and Italians got along quite well, while the Germans, Jews and the blacks got along very well with each other, yet the Irish and Italians were often in mutual conflict. The "Yellow Peril" at the beginning of the 20th century actually refers to the Japanese, not Chinese as some Chinese themselves assume. Almost all African American leaders are most grateful to the White "New England school marms" coming South to teach African Americans during and after the Civil War. They were old-fashioned, strict, and never married, and dedicated to the education of black people. 75% of African Americans who were literate were educated by these "New England school marms".
Final analysis conclusion:
The United States is a melting pot of different races in the world. After the people of any race come here, they integrated and became Americans: African Americans, Jewish Americans, Chinese Americans, Mexican Americans, Irish Americans, and so on. Their language, culture, habits, and even genetics are different from the black Africans, Israelis, Chinese, Mexicans, and Irish in their ancestral lands. This is, the real America.