Depression converted immigrants from assets into scapegoats in business eyes

Evidence

The long downward plunge of the depression stopped this line of argument. The happy pastime of calculating the dollar value of each new arrival passed into neglect. Instead, businessmen reflected on how unemployed aliens burdened the community and enlarged the stagnant pool of unused manpower. Seen in a context of hunger and want, the newcomer appeared more than ever a danger to society. — John Higham, Strangers in the Land, 414

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Depression convinced many workers immigration threatened their livelihood — John Higham, Strangers in the Land: Patterns of…, 266; Migrants become scapegoats for the loss of an imaginary Golden Age of homogeneity; Migrants become scapegoats for the loss of an imagined homogeneous national past. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 155 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Migrants become scapegoats for the loss of an imaginary Golden Age of homogeneity #corroborates (0.75)
• Migrants become scapegoats for the loss of an imagined homogeneous national past. #corroborates (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 155