Are Irish people racist?

hello932 · 23-10-2009 05:37AM #1

Hi

Just putting this question out there to see what kind of conversation it generates. I know this is after hours but please keep the responses within a minimal level of BS.

brendansmith · 23-10-2009 05:43AM

hello932 wrote: »

Hi

Just putting this question out there to see what kind of conversation it generates. I know this is after hours but please keep the responses within a minimal level of BS.

One colour, One people, One unity.

Everyone deserves to be loved. No hate, not today!

hussey · 23-10-2009 05:46AM

hello932 wrote: »

Hi

Just putting this question out there to see what kind of conversation it generates. I know this is after hours but please keep the responses within a minimal level of BS.

I notice the older I get the more of my stories begin with
I'm not racist but....

Overheal · 23-10-2009 05:50AM

In Before Overheal

Agent Smith · 23-10-2009 05:54AM

Overheal wrote: »

In Before Overheal

I Just hate that guy....

and the greeks, the invented gayness....

Havermeyer · 23-10-2009 05:57AM

hussey wrote: »

I notice the older I get the more of my stories begin with
I'm not racist but....

That's just the fear of being politically incorrect stalking your vocabulary.

I'm sure you're not a racist............but..............

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 23-10-2009 06:03AM

How long is a peice of string... :rolleyes:

hussey · 23-10-2009 06:07AM

nummnutts wrote: »

That's just the fear of being politically incorrect stalking your vocabulary.

I'm sure you're not a racist............but..............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fbrUjjivw

Captain Furball · 23-10-2009 06:09AM

hello932 wrote: »

Hi

Just putting this question out there to see what kind of conversation it generates. I know this is after hours but please keep the responses within a minimal level of BS.

Are you asking do we like our own kind more?

sceptre · 23-10-2009 06:19AM

hello932 wrote: »

Hi

Just putting this question out there to see what kind of conversation it generates. I know this is after hours but please keep the responses within a minimal level of BS.

Given some of the choicer contributions I sometimes see in Politics and in RL, if the question can be "are some or a lot of Irish people racist", I'd happily give a "well, duh" answer. The verbal gymnastics from a few people can be only a few posts away.

Helix · 23-10-2009 06:21AM

i think the 45+ generations in general are horribly racist, but its not quite so bad as you go back through generations

Xavi6 · 23-10-2009 06:24AM

hello932 wrote: »

I know this is after hours but please keep the responses within a minimal level of BS.

Why? Is this for 'research' purposes?

magma69 · 23-10-2009 06:31AM

I certainly think the older generation, who did not grow up in multicultural Ireland are far more racist than the younger. Having said that, there is certainly an element of racism amongst the younger generation too. The "Polish taking our jobs" attitude was very prevalent here in the last 7 or 8 years. Ironic as we have been an emigration nation for the last 200 years which changed for 15 years and we have now returned to it. :eek:

Warfi · 23-10-2009 06:40AM

Yes

Warfi · 23-10-2009 06:40AM

No

brendansmith · 23-10-2009 06:47AM

game

brendansmith · 23-10-2009 06:48AM

show

That_Guy · 23-10-2009 09:50AM

Agent Smith wrote: »

I Just hate that guy....

What the hell did I ever do to you?

AnonoBoy · 23-10-2009 09:55AM

The racist ones are.

The others eh.... not so much.

Dudess · 23-10-2009 09:56AM

hello932 wrote: »

I know this is after hours but please keep the responses within a minimal level of BS.

Gosh, if you say so.

One thing though: maybe the question could be a little less inane?

"Are Irish people racist?" Christ...

Ok, I'll bite: some are, yes. Like anywhere.

GavRedKing · 23-10-2009 10:01AM

Anybody in any cirumstance can be a racist. Racism knows no boundary. Its very easy to make a racist a comment or judgement without even knowing it, so id say everybody in some stage of there life can be accused of racism.

On the whole though, its people that are racist on a daily basis are the worrying type, and that is a small portion of most countries population.

getz · 23-10-2009 10:05AM

most irish people are not racist[except a few on the boards] but without doubt the republican goverment has been over the years,just see what has happend to the jews in ireland

Long Onion · 23-10-2009 10:08AM

I think that many Irish people are indeed racist. The media has a lot to answer for in this respect. I have noticed that the nationality of a suspected criminal is mentioned in every story unless the suspect is Irish, when, evey time one reads an article and see that the only time an Albanian is mentioned is in connection with a criminal act, then it becomes easier for people to associate certain nationalities with certain acts.

In my own opinion, the nationality of the person really has no bearing on the story itself and it seems pointless to me to be bringing it up. I also notice that many people think that the racism of the older generation of Irish people is funny - I recall a thread on the boards not so long ago about the 'funny' things old people say, most of them were racist comments and seem to be accptable on account of the age of the person saying them.

meditraitor · 23-10-2009 10:08AM

getz wrote: »

most irish people are not racist[except a few on the boards] but without doubt the republican goverment has been over the years,just see what has happend to the jews in ireland

What happened the Jews in Ireland?

Dudess · 23-10-2009 10:08AM

What republican government? And what has happened to the Jews in Ireland?

Long Onion · 23-10-2009 10:11AM

If I recall correctly, the Jews were burned out of a number of areas in Ireland in the past, the worst being around the Limerick area, the Jewish cultural museum in Dublin has details on these pogroms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Ireland#Limerick_Pogrom

KTRIC · 23-10-2009 10:13AM

Now I'm not a racist but ......

:rolleyes:

topper75 · 23-10-2009 10:16AM

The intrinsic stupidity of racism is in its requirement to generalise. Your lumping of the 'Irish' together in your question also does this ironically. I very rarely say this, but - stupid question.

meditraitor · 23-10-2009 10:17AM

Long Onion wrote: »

If I recall correctly, the Jews were burned out of a number of areas in Ireland in the past, the worst being around the Limerick area, the Jewish cultural museum in Dublin has details on these pogroms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Ireland#Limerick_Pogrom

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Ireland#Limerick_Pogrom
The history of the Jews in Ireland extends back nearly a thousand years. Although the Jewish community has always been small in numbers (1,930 in the Republic of Ireland according to the 2006 census), it has generally been well-accepted into Irish life

It must be hard to be well-accepted in Irish Life, jebus I feel sorry for them, and apologise for such behaviour on behalf of the entire population of Ireland past and present:(

Dudess · 23-10-2009 10:19AM

Long Onion wrote: »

If I recall correctly, the Jews were burned out of a number of areas in Ireland in the past, the worst being around the Limerick area, the Jewish cultural museum in Dublin has details on these pogroms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Ireland#Limerick_Pogrom

But I thought what was being referred to was what happened to Jews in recent years under the republican government.

hobochris · 23-10-2009 10:19AM

I'm not racist.

I hate everyone equally!

Are Irish people racist?

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