Americans who identify as Irish were granted their privileges in society/ heirarchy by breaking their ties with the native/Indians and the black man/woman. They often became everything the people of Ireland fought to oppose.
There’s a book called How the Irish became White that deals with this.
An Irish nationalist leader called out Irish-Americans for being racist towards Native Americans, and told Irish-Americans they are unsympathetic towards fellow oppressed folks.
i like bringing up to “irish” americans thaylt actual ireland doesn’t consider them irish anymore
Americans who identify as Irish were granted their privileges in society/ heirarchy by breaking their ties with the native/Indians and the black man/woman. They often became everything the people of Ireland fought to oppose.
There’s a book called How the Irish became White that deals with this.
An Irish nationalist leader called out Irish-Americans for being racist towards Native Americans, and told Irish-Americans they are unsympathetic towards fellow oppressed folks.
Bernadette Devlin. She also gave her golden key to NY city to the Black Panthers, in solidarity with Black liberation. https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/03/archives/irish-give-key-to-city-to-panthers-as-symbol.html