Don’t think anyone in this thread said anything like that from what I saw.
If you’re an Irish person and you want to talk about how your ancestors were slaves, you can do that any day of the year, and on your holiday. In the US you might just then be pointedly asked to share in what ways that slavery is echoing into today and affecting your life.
The OP is talking about White People. Not all white people are Irish and not all Irish people are white. Leveraging something for specifically racist purposes and discussing them are two very different things. You can always tell by engaging in Nuance.
So it’s wrong to discuss a demographic being treated poorly if a different demographic had it worse?
It’s an Irish holiday. When would be a more appropriate time to discuss it?
Don’t think anyone in this thread said anything like that from what I saw.
If you’re an Irish person and you want to talk about how your ancestors were slaves, you can do that any day of the year, and on your holiday. In the US you might just then be pointedly asked to share in what ways that slavery is echoing into today and affecting your life.
The OP is talking about White People. Not all white people are Irish and not all Irish people are white. Leveraging something for specifically racist purposes and discussing them are two very different things. You can always tell by engaging in Nuance.