Arriving in America corrupted the Irish into racial prejudice

Evidence

Passage to the United States seems to produce the same effect upon the exile of Erin as the eating of the forbidden fruit did upon Adam and Eve. In the morning, they were pure, loving, and innocent; in the evening guilty. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 7

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: American and Irish repudiation of O’Connell coincided with abandoning antislavery — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 124; Irish immigrants initially lived intimately alongside Black Americans in shared districts — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 146; The Irish moved from an oppressed Irish race to an oppressing American race — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 31 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• The Irish moved from an oppressed Irish race to an oppressing American race #expands (0.95) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 31
• Irish immigrants learned anti-Black hatred upon landing in America, not at home #corroborates (0.92) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 6
• Being grouped with blacks increased Irish hostility toward them. #expands (0.82) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 150
• Irish-America’s choice on abolition marked its turn toward whiteness. #corroborates (0.80) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 40
• Anti-Black racism bled back to Ireland even as Irish-Americans whitened. #complicates (0.78)