(December 6, 2020 at 2:17 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Syrian immigration to the us kicked of right before and after ww1. By 1924, a quarter million syrians lived in the us. They were located almost exclusively in ny, boston, and detroit. In the same span of time, for reference, there were about as many irish immigrants to the us yearly.
Thank you for that—being the lazy self that I am I didn’t look that up before posting so your point is right: Syrian immigration happened in two waves, 1889 and 1914. So series is trying to portray history more accurately—kudos to them.
I would say however that the core point of my original post stands though: the new Oscar’s guidelines for 2025 for example, or the direction many of the movies and series have going for past few years etc—this is all great by the way but at the same time it can also blindside us from other forms of bigotry within those minority groups—which is what some people call bigotry of low expectations—ie accepting bigotry of a minority group for the sake of inclusivity.
