week5-gibbons-racial discourse and irish history (castle)

I was at awe at how racist the English were.  It is understandable that the English would treat other colors differently, but to subjugate the Irish to the same class as darker-skinned peoples is telling of their “English-supremacist” mentality.  They neither cared for color or culture, but saw themselves as the only civilized.

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~ by Yoon Lee on October 29, 2007.