Immigrants
Is immigration a catalyst for economic prsoperity?
4.1 (37)
57 mins
Uncover the transformative power of immigration in driving innovation and economic prosperity across nations. Examine the evolving narrative of immigrant integration, from early restrictions to more inclusive approaches. Investigate the challenges and opportunities presented by global migration trends in shaping our collective future.
Ep 1:
Desperation and Nativism: America's First Immigrant Wave
From Ireland's famine to Philadelphia's riots, discover how a surge of Catholic immigrants transformed America and sparked the nation's first organized nativist backlash.
Ep 2:
Race, Science, and the Fight for Belonging
Two migrations, two destinies: explore how race—not just origin—determined who could vanish into whiteness and who faced eugenics-driven exclusion, plus immigration's role in the civil rights struggle.
Discussions (11)
Hayden
Level 10 · 8 mo agoEveryone loves cheap labor until they move in.
Russell
Level 3 · 8 mo agoThe fixed pie myth is the flat earth theory of economics. If immigrants actually stole jobs we would have run out of work in 1900. Just do the math.
Steele
Level 6 · 9 mo agoCalling it 'victim blaming' to point out racism is bullshit. Trump didn't win on economic anxiety, he won by letting bigots be loud and proud assholes.
