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How your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations appropriate my culture

[caption id="attachment_1196" align="alignright" width="300"] Illustration by Momo Lin[/caption] When you think of cultures that have faced adversity throughout history, the Irish are frequently overlooked. Whether it’s British home rule up until the early 20th-century, stereotypes about being lazy and drunken good-for-nothings, or light-hearted comments about serious tragedies like the potato famine, Irish people are often targeted but rarely given sympathy for their cultural background. It should come as little surprise then that the most discriminatory practice those of Irish descent face is also one of the most widely celebrated holidays of the year: St. Patrick’s Day. “That’s impossible,” you might…

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