z64dan on 24 February 2008
Grey Acumen: "Yeah, cause Irish never got discriminated against, or russian, or german, or french or italian or polish or any other group of people that spoke a language other than english, or came from any other race or country origination."
I think it is kind of unfair to compare black people to Irish/Whatever immigrants. There were not a set of racist laws in the United States against Irish/White immigrants that lasted until the mid-60s. There wasn't segregation between Immigrants and people born here that lasted until the mid-60s (only 40 years ago), as there was Black/White segregation. I believe this has put black people at a significant disadvantage in our society, regardless of how much "gutter trash" you've come across.
