But my qualified, diplomatic answer – when Germans think of Ireland, they see a hard-working people anxious to get back on their feet – was often rejected as patronising. Please choose a screen name.
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A huge percentage were sent off to fight the illegal wars between USA and Mexico.
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I have met some very nice French people and I admire their culture and way of life to an extent, but I went to the D-Day remembrance in France a few months ago, saw the allies graves (British, French, Americans, Canadian etc) I asked the French tour guide where the Germans ones where and he said "Bosh!" But, as Lenehan stresses, Ireland is by and large portrayed in the German media in a remarkably positive light.For the German-based Irish academic, looking at Ireland through the German lens may help us identify national characteristics that are difficult to discern from the inside.Embracing the notion of “Europeanism” that German journalists seem to feel we lack, Lenehan argues, could prove a positive force in Ireland’s post-bust era.“It could help give Ireland a greater social orientation,” he said. Book quiz: Which Irish author has won Britain's top crime fiction prize?Kathleen MacMahon: ‘I think women writers are treated like mistresses’A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom: Lively but long-windedHome-buying event unlocks the secrets of buying a home during Covid-19Seven ways the face of premium renting is changing in Dublin 8Call for new donors as €5.5 million Innovate Together fund reopens for applicationsEverything you need to know about switching your mortgageA Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom: Lively but long-windedTwilight of Democracy: Warnings that must be consideredNothing But Blue Sky: Reaching for hope in the depths of grief The account details entered are not currently associated with an Irish Times subscription.
Otherwise, you nailed it on the But the Irish in America, to paraphrase Noel Ignatiev's famous 1995 book, eventually became white, while Mexicans will forever remain Mexicans in the eyes of gabachos. Anti-Irish sentiment, also called Hibernophobia, may refer to or include oppression, persecution, discrimination, or hatred of Irish people as an ethnic group or nation, whether directed against the island of Ireland in general or against Irish emigrants and their descendants in the Irish diaspora.
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The British, Germans, Dutch, Belgians and Scania's get on well with each other.
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Get your racial slurs correct -- Mexicans are wabs, not spics.
They do get along very well with other dogs but tend to get a bit snappy if their personal space is disrespected or if they handled in a rough manner.