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Are you asking Joseph Slater if all or most Jews “‘gravitate’ to other Jewish people in their affiliation” in a way similar to the way Mexican-Americans seem to “gravitate” to other Mexican-Americans in their affiliation; African-Americans to African-Americans; Irish-Americans to Irish-Americans; Native American Indians to Native American Indians; Muslims to Muslims; and so on?
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But Irish-Americans, King says, "don't fit into any neat category."
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By the late 19th century, the St. Patrick's Day parade had become a way for Irish-Americans to flaunt their numerical and political might.
Archive 2009-03-15 Tyler 2009
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Or maybe it means that Mexican-Americans face different treatment than Irish-Americans, Canadian-Americans, or Franco-Americans.
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I know a fair share of Irish-Americans who are teetotalers.
Think Progress » Donohue: ‘There’s a connection between homosexuality and sexual abuse of minors.’ 2010
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Key constituencies like blue-collar workers, Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans, and even more so, Hispanics, who overwhelmingly identify as Catholic, could be highly susceptible to appeals based on their faith.
Stewart J. Lawrence: Could Newt Gingrich Win the "Catholic" Vote? Stewart J. Lawrence 2011
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She protested the killing of Amadou Diallo, the African immigrant shot by police in 1999, and has also been arrested at the St. Patrick's Day parade with other gay Irish-Americans barred from participating.
Dominic Carter: Is Christine Quinn the Next Mayor of NYC? Dominic Carter 2012
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She protested the killing of Amadou Diallo, the African immigrant shot by police in 1999, and has also been arrested at the St. Patrick's Day parade with other gay Irish-Americans barred from participating.
Dominic Carter: Is Christine Quinn the Next Mayor of NYC? Dominic Carter 2012
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Key constituencies like blue-collar workers, Italian-Americans and Irish-Americans, and even more so, Hispanics, who overwhelmingly identify as Catholic, could be highly susceptible to appeals based on their faith.
Stewart J. Lawrence: Could Newt Gingrich Win the "Catholic" Vote? Stewart J. Lawrence 2011
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Each day, the man who routed the Fourth Imperial Prussian Foot Guards with a battalion of Irish-Americans from New York City—and was awarded the Medal of Honor—keeps an eye on how we're doing.
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