Saturday, March 17, 2012

Slow Saturday Special: Boston Globe Spoils St. Patrick's Day

And I'm not even Irish.

"St. Patrick’s Day holds mixed emotions for some" by Martine Powers  |  Globe Staff, March 17, 2012

His appearance does not fit the bill of a stereotypical Irishman....   

Whose pushing stereotypes here?

As the American population has grown increasingly mixed-race in recent decades, some descendants of Irish immigrants are claiming a multiracial heritage, though they may differ in appearance from their red-haired, freckled ancestors. For them, the joys of embracing Irish roots are complicated by the challenges of being multiracial....

St. Patrick, I'm tired of being divided at every turn by the prejudiced pos Boston Globe.

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Isn't St. Patrick the guy that ran those snakes out of Ireland?