''Nothing But The Same Old Story''

[900 Years Of Anti-Irish Racism]

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/389725-abc-cancels-roseanne

Roseanne Barr follows a long traditional road of racists who depict historically oppressed people as cartoon caricatures and those who fight for their civil rights as less than human.   I could dwell on the many comments of Roseanne but I will not.  It would serve no useful purpose. What is useful - for those interested - in how such comments are carefully crafted to hurt not just one individual but an entire people - and why most of the mainstream media usually give them  a 'pass' 'with a wink and a nod'.   I am including here a selection of nearly 900 years of anti-Irish racist cartoons from Britain - almost right up until  the present day.      I include them with no further comment.

Patrick Emek, May 2018

Published here with kind permission of 'Information on Ireland' from the book

''Nothing But the Same Old Story - The Roots Of Anti-Irish Racism''

ISBN 0 9507381 5 8

First published in 1984

Second impression published in 1985



http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/389725-abc-cancels-roseanne

Roseanne Barr follows a long traditional road of racists who depict historically oppressed people as cartoon caricatures and those who fight for their civil rights as less than human.I could dwell on the many comments of Roseanne but I will not.  It would serve no useful purpose.What is useful - for those interested - in how such comments are carefully crafted to hurt not just one individual but an entire people - and why most of the mainstream media usually give them  a 'pass' 'with a wink and a nod'.I am including here a selection of nearly 400 years of anti-Irish racist cartoons from Britain - almost right up until  the present day.I include them with no further comment.

Published here with kind permission of 'Information on Ireland' from the book

''Nothing But the Same Old Story - The Roots Of Anti-Irish Racism''

ISBN 0 9507381 5 8

First published in 1984

Second impression published in 1985