“In the meantime, I will line up for reparations for my Irish ancestors who were treated for all intents as slaves in America.”
Ditto, Italians, Jews, Poles, Chinese, Mexican’s....did I leave anyone out?
“The Irish were treated for all intents as slaves in America”
Really? An Irishman could have his children taken away from him and be sold without his consent?
If an Irishman left his job, he could be hunted down with dogs and whipped?
An Irishman’s boss could sell him to another boss and ship him across the country without his consent?
I am not denigrating how rough Irish immigrants had it, but it was not comparable to slavery.
Just to be clear, I’m talking about the 1850s era, and not when there was indentured servants earlier - although, since this was time limited, still wasn’t as bad as slavery.