Michael Patrick MacDonald
THE WEEK following St. Patrick's Day celebrations comes as a relief to many people of Irish ancestry who feel ill represented by the holiday's depiction of Irish identity. It's not just the green beer and green vomit. More often, it's the reinforced images of the closed-minded Irish bigot, of Irish-American parochialism in general. Every ethnic group has its bigots. But ... (Full article: 741 words)
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