Ethnic Groups and Discrimination Dustin Horton ETH/125 January 22, 2012 Maureen Ryan Ethnic Groups and Discrimination If you live in America, chances are full(prenominal) that your ancestors immigrated to this country from another. Everyone has roots. My ancestors, from what Ive been told are of Croatian and Italian descent. Im quite familiar with my Italian heritage, but not so, with my Croatian history. I suppose its time for me to come to where I came from, what kind of people the Croats were/are, and hopefully anything else that helps me further my fellow feeling of my ancestors. Croatians are often confused with Austrians, Slovenians, Yugoslavs and Serbs, but they are unconnected by their history, language and religion (MTU Archives, 2004, p.1). Croatians are Roman Catholic and use the Latin alphabet for writing, while Serbs, are mainly Eastern Orthodox Catholics and use the Cryllic alphabet (MTU Archives, 2004, p.1). Croatians started immigrating to the United States or so 200 years ago (Eterovich, 1996). The main cause for their out-migration is tell to be pressure caused by Hungarian persecution and domination of their land (MTU Archives, 2004).

Because of this domination, many Croatians viewed the cause for their emigration to be political, paralleling the let of other Slavs who live in the Russian, Austrian, or German Empires (MTU Archives, 2004, p.1). whatsoever the reason for their emigration, it is estimated that about 400,000 to 600,000 Croatian immigrants came to America during this time of Hungarian persecution and domination (MTU Archives, 2004). When they arrived in America, Croatians mainly migrated to Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas (Eterovich, 1996). They arrived in what was then known as Spanish and French America (Eterovich, 1996). However, it is said that a small Michigan town named Calumet, was the first operative Croatian settlement in the United States (MTU Archives, 2004, p.2). Over time, Pittsburgh eventually... If you penury to get a full essay, order it on our website:
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