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Gangs of New York, Nativism, and the American Immigrant Experience

“You see this knife? I’m gonna to teach you to speak English with this fucking knife!” This phrase screamed by Bill “the Butcher” Cutting in Martin Scorsese’s 2002 film Gangs of New York reveals the nativist sentiment of 19thcentury New York City. Those who recall the movie remember that the Butcher styled himself a trueContinue reading “Gangs of New York, Nativism, and the American Immigrant Experience”