Early Anti-Greek Attacks in New York
EARLY ANTI-GREEK ATTACKS IN NEW YORK By Steve Frangos Published in The National Herald, February 3, 2007 ------------------------------ I am excited to announce that The National Herald has given Hellenic Genealogy Geek the right to reprint articles that may be of interest to our group. ------------------------------ When I was small boy my yiayia (grandmother) told me that, whenever one of the old Greek men entered the room, I was to stand up and give him my chair. On more than one occasion, when I didn’t move fast enough, my yiayia reminded me by pulling me out of the chair. This sign of respect was not an empty gesture. Even in so small a thing as offering these men a seat was an acknowledgement of all that they had suffered; all that they were forced to sacrifice so we could live well. During the late 1880’s through the early 1900’s Greek immigrant men were being attacked for any number of reasons all across the country. The accounts which