You left of how they killed so many blacks that it severely changed the racial demographics or how they chanted that they won't fight a "n____r war". Or how blacks in the area had to flee to leave Manhattan for safty. It's called a riot but it could easily and should be referred to as a massacre.
That's true but you also have to remember that went both ways, irish people were massacred for protesting a draft that rich people and black people were omitted from. Immigrants that came to America seeking safety and equality were treated in some cases worse then black people simply because they weren't born in America, kind of ironic when you consider that just one generation prior they were all immigrants or children of immigrants. Irish protestors were gunned down in the streets even if they weren't protesting. This probably changed the demographic of Irish people in America as well, considering how many protesting were men between the ages of 16 and 40 alot of potential fathers. It's easy to claim this entire thing was about racism but in reality that was a symptom of a greater disease just like it is today, wealth disparity. The wealthy most likely let black people out of the draft to pull attention away from themselves and cause people to blame black people instead of blaming the true enemies the wealthy and corrupt politicians
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You left of how they killed so many blacks that it severely changed the racial demographics or how they chanted that they won't fight a "n____r war". Or how blacks in the area had to flee to leave Manhattan for safty. It's called a riot but it could easily and should be referred to as a massacre.
That's true but you also have to remember that went both ways, irish people were massacred for protesting a draft that rich people and black people were omitted from. Immigrants that came to America seeking safety and equality were treated in some cases worse then black people simply because they weren't born in America, kind of ironic when you consider that just one generation prior they were all immigrants or children of immigrants. Irish protestors were gunned down in the streets even if they weren't protesting. This probably changed the demographic of Irish people in America as well, considering how many protesting were men between the ages of 16 and 40 alot of potential fathers. It's easy to claim this entire thing was about racism but in reality that was a symptom of a greater disease just like it is today, wealth disparity. The wealthy most likely let black people out of the draft to pull attention away from themselves and cause people to blame black people instead of blaming the true enemies the wealthy and corrupt politicians
I guess nobody died? This is like an yrs old version. This is the problem with history in this country, it's always sugarcoated