[norwaypinesavage]

"Anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiment was rampant in the country at that time. And the newcomers were easy to single out, Patterson said. They dressed differently. Here's these guys who looked, not like cavemen, but pretty primitive. So many were considered disposable. ... It's the dirty underbelly"

It was racism, I tell you, racism. The evil white men were opposed to the Irish race.

[Grizzled Bear]

I’m grateful that my mother’s parents went to Detroit and worked for the budding automotive industry when they left Ireland. Them trains will get an Irishman killed!

[tlb]

>>> It was racism, I tell you, racism. The evil white men were opposed to the Irish race.

Being “cute” about it doesn’t change the stain on our history. Whether this is an illustration or not, many at the time thought Irish were sub-human. And I am sure as they did so they thought they were being “good Christians” and “fine patriotic Americans”.

[chargers fan]

The evil white men were opposed to the Irish race.

Interestingly enough, there was a time when Irish was considered "not white." Through my studies of history it seems that whites really didn't solidify until the years after World War II.