Both the Irish and African Americans were trying to find work in America around the same time, but they were competing against each other. I think that if these two groups, along with other minorities tried to unionize in some way they might have had an easier time finding work. One thing that I really liked about the readings is that it gave insight to how Irish nuclear families worked in Ireland and America. If I were to change or add anything, I would have incorporated the lives of children in Irish families more. We got to see how the lives of the average Irish mother and father went from a day to day basis and I think it would be interesting to give more insight to how children assimilated into American culture.