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Vybik Jon
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Edited Feb 10, 2009, 19:43
Re: Carol Thatch
Feb 10, 2009, 19:43
I didn't think you would, but for me the treatment of Irish people in general is often the clearest example of why low-intent/casual racism is a problem. The fact that it's a very local matter helps.

The poor education of many Irish people for decades was a deliberate policy by the British. The popularisation of Irish people as thick proved very useful to the British when those same thick people began to rebel. The songs, the cartoons and cetainly the jokes portrayed Irish people as lesser human beings and sometimes nigh-on animals.

It's a shameful episode in our history and repetition of the jokes and other representations of thick Irish people allows the vociferous racists to flourish.
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