Irish immigrants learned anti-Black hatred upon landing in America, not at home

Evidence

The Irish, who, at home, readily sympathize with the oppressed everywhere, are instantly taught when they step upon our soil to hate and despise the Negro.… Sir, the Irish-American will one day find out his mistake. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 6

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 6
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Irish ascension to whiteness resulted from strategic choice, not inevitability — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 35; Irish mob violence against Blacks arose from labor competition, not prior hatred — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 488; Anti-Black racism bled back to Ireland even as Irish-Americans whitened. (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-Black racism bled back to Ireland even as Irish-Americans whitened. #expands (0.85)
• Being grouped with blacks increased Irish hostility toward them. #responds-to (0.80) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 150
• Free Blacks learned their racist ideas about Africa from White Americans #exemplifies (0.80) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 393
• Anti-Catholic prejudice was imported from Europe, not born of local experience #corroborates (0.75)
• Black Americans absorbed anti-Black racist ideas from propagandists #exemplifies (0.75) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1154