Tag: Prejudice
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The Mind: Our Heavy Bundle of Bias
Image credit: Heavy Backpack by Everest on shutterstock_747066787 There is no question that the human mind is a bundle and a burden of bias. Believing what we want to believe or relying on false memories or placing blame on others are all ways we gravitate toward what we have been taught throughout our lives. These…
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The Irish Immigrant Story
Largest Migration of the 19th Century The great Irish immigration happened between 1820 and 1930 when 4.5 million Irish Catholics, mostly uneducated and poor, came in masses to America. The largest influx came during the Potato Famine, 1845-1852, when nearly one quarter of the Irish population—2 million people—came to the new world to escape certain…