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Originally Posted by Guest
(Statue of Liberty picture.)
The poem does not appear on the Statue of Liberty or on the Pedestal. It is not an official part of the Statue.
There is a display inside the Pedestal which honors several people who contributed to the fund raising effort to pay for the Pedestal. The French only gave us the Statue.
One of the fund raisers was Emma Lazarus. She is honored with a display inside the Pedestal. She wrote the poem in question to help raise money for the Pedestal, so her display includes a copy of the poem.
The plaque with the poem clearly states that it is place there in HER honor.
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The poem was written in the 1800s and at that time the immigrants were almost exclusively from Europe...white Europeans were the people spoken about in that poem. It certainly wasn't about bringing in blacks.
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Originally Posted by Guest
So few here have actually had extensive interaction with the immigration system.
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So few here have actually had extensive interaction with the inner city blacks that they so fervently defend.