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Originally Posted by Guest
The Irish are white but NOT European! If you are not Irish, and I am, you would remember the hate we endured. Signs like "Irish need not apply". As a 10 year old, during the Kennedy election I remember what was said.....He was going to turn the country over to the Pope!
Sounds a lot like the rhetoric we are hearing now!
And your sounding just a touch sexist! Women have contributed to building this country.
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After 1860, many Irish sang songs about "NINA signs" reading Help wanted – no Irish need apply. (A variation was, Irish need not apply, or INNA).[26] The 1862 song, "No Irish Need Apply", was inspired by NINA signs in London. Later Irish Americans adapted the lyrics and the songs to reflect the discrimination they felt in America.
You never experienced discrimination if you were 10 when Kennedy was running for office.
You are trying to throw the "poor you" card pretending you have been a victim too.