- Paperback: 104 pages
- Publisher: Sasta; New edition edition (30 Aug 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1901005003
- ISBN-13: 978-1901005004
- Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 14.6 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 486,166 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Whatever you do, do not judge this book solely upon the book's brevity. It may be brief but it methodically spans centuries of anti-Irish racism without ever losing its way or getting sidetracked. If pictures tell a thousand words then the sheer number of eye-openning images chosen to highlight racism towards the Irish in modern-day press cartoons, Early-Modern pamphlets and medieval manuscripts tell a shameful story of ethnic denegration taking place over generations. And it is England shame ultimately, as Curtis points in her conclusion, without a hint of watering down her solid argument by being 'nice' and trying to spare England's feelings. The subtext of the book, however, whether the reader is Irish or English or any other nationality is something that is universal. And that is to treat your fellow man with the dignity he deserves and not to accept the baseless and racist propaganda fed to you by any form of media about an entire culture or group of people.
I would recommend this to any student interested in Anglo-Irish relations, sociology students interested in 'race'-relations or to anyone with a little-englander friend who still thinks that the world was at its best when Britannia ruled the waves and 1/4 of the globe knew British 'justice'. This book doesn't resort to tired Irish moaning about the English in unconstructive and cliched ways. It is an intellectual work and systematically shows with firmness (not hysteria or excessive ranting), how a nation's entire being can be verbally crushed over the span of a milennia. Finally, this isn't a pleasant book but it is one which opens the reader's mind and I cannot recommend it highly to Irish and English readers alike.
I would recommend this to any student interested in Anglo-Irish relations, sociology students interested in 'race'-relations or to anyone with a little-englander friend who still thinks that the world was at its best when Britannia ruled the waves and 1/4 of the globe knew British 'justice'. This book doesn't resort to tired Irish moaning about the English in unconstructive and cliched ways. It is an intellectual work and systematically shows with firmness (not hysteria or excessive ranting), how a nation's entire being can be verbally crushed over the span of a milennia. Finally, this isn't a pleasant book but it is one which opens the reader's mind and I cannot recommend it highly to Irish and English readers alike.
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A collection of newspaper cuttings, editorials and cartoons from various publications through the years. The author has carried out a painstaking research into the issue and has done a sterling job in highlighting the issue of anti-Irish racism in Britain.
Growing up in Glasgow with Irish parents I certainly know of the issue the author writes of, but I didn't quite fully appreciate the extent to which it is so deeply ingrained in the British psyche. Everyone grew up with the 'Stupid Irish' jokes and these have been taken beyond face value and seen as true. Mud does indeed stick when enough of it is slung around. What really irks me is when British folk of an average or low IQ take great delight in telling these sorts of 'jokes'.
Although the worst of the disgraceful behaviour has subsided somewhat (if you are old enough think back to the 70's when Irish folk in Britain were all treated as potential terrorists - ring any bells with cartain situations these days?) compared to the days of 'No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs' signs in boarding houses and the like, the underlying attitude is still there in some quarters of society and I am glad that publications like this exist to highlight the ridiculousness of the whole business.
We have come a long way in the last few years, but we can't afford to be complacent. A Laudable piece of work from Ms Curtis.
Growing up in Glasgow with Irish parents I certainly know of the issue the author writes of, but I didn't quite fully appreciate the extent to which it is so deeply ingrained in the British psyche. Everyone grew up with the 'Stupid Irish' jokes and these have been taken beyond face value and seen as true. Mud does indeed stick when enough of it is slung around. What really irks me is when British folk of an average or low IQ take great delight in telling these sorts of 'jokes'.
Although the worst of the disgraceful behaviour has subsided somewhat (if you are old enough think back to the 70's when Irish folk in Britain were all treated as potential terrorists - ring any bells with cartain situations these days?) compared to the days of 'No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs' signs in boarding houses and the like, the underlying attitude is still there in some quarters of society and I am glad that publications like this exist to highlight the ridiculousness of the whole business.
We have come a long way in the last few years, but we can't afford to be complacent. A Laudable piece of work from Ms Curtis.
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Truly superb look at white-on-white racism
21 Jun 1998
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This book is truely superb. It was published with support by the Greater London Council as an educational effort in the early 1980's after more than a decade of virulent anti-Irish feeling in England. This book looks at the form of that expression and at its historical roots. Those roots span seven hundred years. Particular instances of almost genocidal behavior in different centuries are looked at not just in terms of what was done but how it was justified. Not many people realize the signifance of the expression 'the Irish race'. The Irish were, and are to some extent, considered biologically distinct from the English 'race'. The similarities between how the English express their anti-Irish feeling and how racism affects African-Americans is thought-provoking, enlightening and important. I cannot praise this book enough for those interested in racism as it transcends 'race' or 'colour'. A history of the African-American experiences are given sufficent to show commonalities. The book is beautifully illustrated by past cartoons and visual depictions. A terrific historical document.
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