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Also, I remembered what I was going to add to that.
I don't think there's anything wrong with the fact that some Irish-Americans get offended by, for example, St. Patrick's Day celebrations which do promote the stereotype of the "drunken Irishman." I can definitely see how that might be offensive to some, although personally I'm not offended. However, I think that too often the whole "Irish thing" is used to invalidate the experiences of people of color. "Well, I'm Irish and I don't care when people tell Irish jokes, so why should they care if we tell jokes about black people?" And as I was trying to point out, that's ridiculous because black versus Irish is like apples versus oranges. They're not comparable.
If a Mexican-American (or several Mexican-Americans, in this case) gets upset about a fiesta-themed frat party taken too far, DO NOT bust out with the "Well I'm Irish and I don't care so blah blah blah." It is not in any way the same thing.
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