however. Instead, the Irish worked to enjoy the same privileges as white Anglo-Saxon Protestants, a feat they accomplished partly at the expense of Black people, according to Noel Ignatiev, author ofHow the
Since the mid-20th century many conflicts around the world have been interpreted in racial terms even though their origins were in the ethnic hostilities that have long characterized many human societies (e.g., Arabs and Jews, English and Irish). Racism reflects an acceptance of the deepest for...
The central argument is that Irish-America is undergoing a period of fundamental change, caused by a combination of short-term political factors linked to the attacks of 11 September 2001 and their aftermath, together with longer-term economic and social trends taking place in Irel...
detailing some of the lengths people of color go to in order to avoid racism perpetrated by their fellow citizens as well as government institutions. The report, based on survey results compiled last year by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson ...
College is a privilege that is now accessible to many people. It has not always been this way though. Lack of money, being deprived of representation, or racism hindered one’s chances in to getting into higher education, especially a minority’s chance. In order to raise against the barrie...
schools bore no relation to the date of passage, and the presence of a relatively large percentage of foreign-born people in a state, particularly the Irish or Canadian, actually made the enactment of school integration for African Americans easier than in more homogeneously native-born white ...
The Qatar patient population mostly comprised Indian (35%) and Nepalese (21%) people with a 7.25:1 male-to-female ratio and an average age of 49 ± 11 years, while the Dallas patient population mostly comprised White people (77%) with a 1.09:1 male-to-female ratio and an average age...
At least there had been some advance from the frequently seen public advertisements of the early 1960s prior to the 1965 Race Relations Act, the advertisements boldly declaring: “Accommodation Available: No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish” [10,11]. In 1974, despite legislation, employers were ...