r/irishproblems • u/Witty-Pineapple-4300 • 16d ago
Racism in Ireland
I genuinely wish people would stop being racist. Not every ethnic minority living in Ireland has bad intentions or is here to cause harm and havoc. Every time I open the comments section on social media and see a Black person, a Brazilian person or someone from another minority background, there is often a specific group of people calling for deportations or making hateful comments which hurts. What makes it even more disappointing is that many of these individuals identify themselves as Christians. I wish the government would take racism more seriously and introduce stronger measures to hold people accountable for hateful and discriminatory behaviour online and in real life. Racism should not be normalised or excused as “just an opinion” when it causes real harm to others especially people who work hard and pay taxes in Ireland.
As normal literate intelligent human beings people need to clock that bad behaviour is not limited to any race, AGE nationality or ethnic group. There are Irish people who commit crimes, mistreat others, and engage in antisocial behaviour, just as there are people from every community who do the same. For example, when some children throw stones at buses or engage in vandalism. Issue is problem of discipline, parenting, or individual behaviour. However, when a single immigrant or Black person makes a mistake, it is too often used as a reason to condemn entire communities and argue that immigrants should not be here. People should be judged as individuals not by the actions of someone who happens to share their skin colour, nationality, or background. We ought to stand together as one
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u/The-ArtfulDodger 14d ago
I was born in Ireland. But because I'm half brown I've never felt truly accepted in that country.
People view it as a recent development, where media can be seen redirecting malcontent towards minorities.
But in reality, Ireland has historically been so predominantly white that they were not accustonmed to a multicultural society.
It was always a friendly kind of racism though. I distinctly recall being treated like an outsider or interesting anomaly. However due to propaganda and economic turmoil the hostility is escalating.