Immigration

1) Read the following Article on the term Paddy Wagon

__1. Is the term, Paddy Wagon, an Irish Racial Slur?__ Paddy Wagon is not an Irish racial slur because many people don't take offense of it. In the Irish heritage, many of them have a good sense of humor about these terms. Some may take offense but it is not intended to be offensive. The term is commonly used to define the van that is used by police when taking suspects into custody.

Today it is called a paddy wagon because many Irish were arrested in. Many people do not know what the origins of this term. This vehicle is usually used for disorderly, drunk people. With this word, it may imply to those that are Irish that all Irish are disorderly and drunk.

__2.What makes__ __a slur racist or prejudiced? Does it depend on who says it? Or does it depend on who it's being said to?__ When a slur is targeted towards an entire race makes it racist. It also makes it racist when the slur is made to offend one due to their ethnicity. It does not depend who says it, people will be offended by it regardless. Sometimes, it may depend on who the person is saying it to because some many not hold as much pride in their own ethnicity. Includes stereotypical information.

__3. Does the term show Nativism against the Irish today? Why/Why Not?__ This term may show Nativism against the Irish today only if they are emotionally offended.


 * 2) Analyzing Two Primary Sources using the APPARTS Chart**

APPARTS ANALYSIS CHART--//The Most Recently Discovered Wild Beast//

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 * **Analytical Questions** || ** Answer and Evidence ** ||
 * **Author:** Who created the source? || Creator is unknown. Found in: The London Serio-Comic Journal ||
 * **Place:** Where and when was it created? || The nineteenth-century—August 3, 1881, London ||
 * **Prior Knowledge:** What do you already know about it? || I know that the Native-born Americans were against and discriminated Irish immigrants for their poverty and their lack of manners. They also did not appreciate their tendency to be lazy, hardcore drinkers, as well as their religion. They also believed that the Irish only caused troubles because they believe a majority of the Irish were sent to prisons due to their disorderly/violent acts. ||
 * **Audience:** For whom was this source created? || This source was created for the native-born Americans. ||
 * **Reason:** Why was this source produced? || This source was produced to advertise the negative characteristics of the Irish immigrants. ||
 * **The Main Idea:** What point is it conveying (passing on)? || The source was produced to show that Irish immigrants are nothing but “wild beasts”, locked in cages or prisons. It also is trying to convey that Irish immigrants need someone to look after them, hence the officer off to the side of the cage, supervising him. ||
 * **Significance:** Why is this source important? || This source is important because it shows the view of the Native-born Americans and what they thought of Irish immigrants. ||

What is the author's point of view? The author's point of view is that they Irish immigrants are all wild beasts and should be locked up for their immoral acts, hence he ugly/wild looking beast in the cage. A wild beast would represent a man that lacks manners as well as education.

Does the Source show Nativism? and Why do you say that? (Bullet list what __evidence__ in the source convinces you of that) Nativism: Discriminating immigrants. Yes this source shows nativism.
 * They have an Irish immigrant in a cage while native-born Americans are outside the cage observing the obscure things that the Irish is doing. They do not respect the Irish immigrant's beliefs.
 * The Native-born Americans are also taking the Irish immigrant's children and putting them in the cage. With that act, they may be trying to imply that the Irish immigrants' following generations would be just as bad as the first generation that immigrated to America from Ireland.
 * There is a newspaper with the words 'murder'. With that, it suggests that all Irish are disorderly and uncontrollably violent.
 * They threw the Irish man into a cave therefore implying that they were afraid of Irish inhabitants in America. The Native-born Americans were probably afraid that all the Irishmen would take the open job opportunities leaving them unemployed.

APPARTS ANALYSIS CHART--//Puck// []
 * **Analytical Questions** || **Answer and Evidence** ||
 * **Author:** Who created the source? || //Puck//, Joseph Ferdinand Keppler ||
 * **Place:** Where and when was it created? || It was created in New York on June 7, 1882. ||
 * **Prior Knowledge:** What do you already know about it? || I know that the Native-born Americans were against and discriminated Irish immigrants for their poverty and their lack of manners. They also did not appreciate their tendency to be lazy, hardcore drinkers, as well as their religion. They also believed that the Irish only caused troubles because they believe a majority of the Irish were sent to prisons due to their disorderly/violent acts. ||
 * **Audience:** For whom was this source created? || This source was created for the Native-born Americans. ||
 * **Reason:** Why was this source produced? || This source was produced to show that all other races are peaceful aside from the Irish man. ||
 * **The Main Idea:** What point is it conveying (passing on)? || The source that this source is conveying is that Germans, Russians, etc are all quiet and peaceful while the Irish man is making a lot of noise, and disruptive. It is also conveying that Irishmen in America are nuisance and that their following generations are going to be just as bad as the first one. ||
 * **Significance:** Why is this source important? || This source is important because it shows the view of the Native-born Americans and what they thought of Irish immigrants. They thought that they were all disruptive and disorderly and cannot create peace with other nationalities. ||

What is the author's point of view? The author's point of view is that all Irish men are disruptive, loud, and are violent. The Irish man is being very disruptive while all the other people of all sorts of nationalities are all peaceful, quiet, and not as obnoxious.

Does the Source show Nativism? and Why do you say that? (Bullet list what __evidence__ in the source convinces you of that) Yes, this source shows nativism.
 * There is a Russian, English, Negro, French, etc man staying at Uncle Sam's lodging cabin. As they were all sleeping, there is a very disruptive man that wakes up everyone violently, and that man is the Irish man. Every other man looks civil and controlled but while on the other hand, the Irish man is being very disorderly.
 * On the Irish man's sole, it says "no rent". That means that when they immigrated to America, they were not able to own any property and the only reason why they were not allowed to own property was because of their nationality.
 * The people around the Irishman need to endure the nasty manners of the Irishman.

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After all of this, go back to task 1.

__1. Is the term, Paddy Wagon, an Irish Racial Slur?__

After all of these analysis that we have done, I think that paddy wagon is a racial slur. It may not be considered one to the public today but with it's history or where it has came from, it does reflect a racist intention.

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