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Immigration and Racism in Ireland
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Monday October 09, 2006 22:50 by J. Carax - Anarchist Youth anarchistyouth at riseup dot net 0879184604
Youth Perspective In the last fifteen to twenty years, two new phenomena have finally reached Ireland –Immigration and alongside it - Racism. This is not to say that we Irish never had our prejudices before the ‘blacks’ arrived, back then we were quite happy directing our bigotry and ignorance towards travellers, gays, Jews and Protestants. This all changed in the early 1990s, when Ireland experienced a major economic boost, wages increased, more jobs were created… the so called Celtic Tiger had arrived. With this development, immigration figures into Ireland rose, young men and women from poor or developing economies looked to Ireland as a chance for a decent job and a better life; much as we looked to England and the U.S.A and countless other countries when in the 1840s, 1950s and 1980s we in our hundreds of thousands went all over the world looking for employment. It is ironic and sad that some people not only do not realise this, others completely ignore it and still have this uneducated view that immigrants are ‘coming over here and taking our jobs’. |
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This article is written from the perspective of someone who is unaware of a political society other than the 1 or 2% who make up the ridiculous nitwits on the fringes of the right and left.
The guarrantee of a rational democratic society rests in the capable hands of the 98% who have the good sense (and taste) not to support people like the blinkered author of this head-piece or his or her mirror-image on the other fringe.
Inter-community harmony depends on sound policies which encourage immigration and stamp-out the abuses of our immigration an asylum laws which undermine the social consensus on immigration.
i support the recent call for compulsory english tests and classes for immigrants. i have taught esol in the past and have also lived in many countries where i made an effort to learn the languages.many men from macho countries dont want their women folk to learn english because it would give them more freedom and independence. see the experience of bengalis in the uk as an example. ireland is a democracy , maybe flawed but its a lot better than most places . lets welcome immigration but we want to avoid ghettoisation and racism. we are not racists but we look forward to a harmonious society accepting all and accepting common values and mores.
i look forward to a real debate on these issues. martin- my real name