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Perhaps its the allusions of an immigrant (though not entirely immigrant) story that has created this historic presidential nominee that has me reflecting on the “Only in America” aspect of the self-made person. The prejudices against an outsider, the fear of the unknown, and ultimately the integration so instilled that it is typically a non-issue. Irish Americans by Jay P. Dolan is often hailed as the most complete and/or accurate retelling of the Irish American story. Unless someone you’ve grown up around someone who held onto some prejudices, its easy to forget that Irish Americans were once considered a distinction from what is now a broad dinstinction of “white”. I’m not going to compare one person’s struggle to the next, but it is the idea that there was a struggle that this nation has over time moved past that should give excitement, hope, and pride to Americans everywhere.
