I am Irish but I remember where my people came from, know the history of Irish slavery and those signs that said “No Blacks (to replace a word I won’t say) and No Irish, know the stereotype of “Paddy” wagon…(“Paddy” means a drunken Irishman).

I say the Irish-American has more in common with the African-American than with any other group. I apologize for them…I often find myself wondering, “How the hell can I have blood in common with people who are so damned stupid and ignorant?”

There is Irishness to be proud of, too, great storytellers, strong women, revolutionaries who fought for freedom, abolitionists who fought against American slavery, good farmers, men built like tanks low to the ground and strong like bulls, strong spirituality…but these people do not seem to have any of that blood…course, we have to remember that a lot of them are pretending to be Irish so they can get drunk.

Again I say I am sorry for these sorry people, who cheapen the name of the Irish, destroy our reputations, and sully the memory of St. Patrick. St. Patrick himself was an escaped slave.