Irish Immigration and Discrimination 19th century

I found a few things documented how the irish were discriminated against when they first immigrated to the U.S.
This is one of the famous signs that would be posted in front shops windows:





















This is a short video showing a few different images. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lz-yS_a-3k

 This is a political cartoon depicted that many people stereotyped the Irish as lazy.



Another politcal cartoon depicted the Irish as drunks.


This cartoon actually says they thought the Irish were a decent from the Negro race. This is interesting because it relates to our book Working Toward Whiteness.