As a recently repatriated Irish resident of isla vista I read your article with disappointment but not unfortunately, shock. The " antiquated stereotyping" you speak of is a comfortable american euphemism for racism. For example, since we are clumsily using pieces anecdotal evidence to tar and feather an entire race(... ipods, rape) you may be delighted to hear that your justice system fully supports your set of values. Being told "you irish are not welcome here" in open court was an american experience i didn't think I would have in 2008(by the way, my mortal sin was an open container, the american girl who went before me with the same offence had a previous conviction and got half my fine.)
I hasten to add that most of the wild parties i saw were american house parties in which there was a huge and open drug culture, the police seem to look the other way towards irish people and the demon drink. Could it be possible that your statistics on arrests are skewed by the "stereotyping" (lovely word) you admit exists?? (american police racist?never!)
If you deny the explicit racism of this poorly written article I sugggest that you rewrite your article and replace the word irish with black.
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Posted on July 29 at 12:03 p.m.
As a recently repatriated Irish resident of isla vista I read your article with disappointment but not unfortunately, shock. The " antiquated stereotyping" you speak of is a comfortable american euphemism for racism. For example, since we are clumsily using pieces anecdotal evidence to tar and feather an entire race(... ipods, rape) you may be delighted to hear that your justice system fully supports your set of values. Being told "you irish are not welcome here" in open court was an american experience i didn't think I would have in 2008(by the way, my mortal sin was an open container, the american girl who went before me with the same offence had a previous conviction and got half my fine.)
I hasten to add that most of the wild parties i saw were american house parties in which there was a huge and open drug culture, the police seem to look the other way towards irish people and the demon drink. Could it be possible that your statistics on arrests are skewed by the "stereotyping" (lovely word) you admit exists?? (american police racist?never!)
If you deny the explicit racism of this poorly written article I sugggest that you rewrite your article and replace the word irish with black.
Is mise, sadhbh.
On Irish in Isla Vista