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Race Invaders

Episode 3

By 1910, 58% of American mining and factory workers were immigrants. Like Mexicans and African Americans, Italians, Slavs and Jews were often desired as laborers ­but also feared, seen as promiscuous, lazy, or stupid.

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Assimilation into Whiteness
Changing Categories
Capitalism and Labor
Immigration & Naturalization
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