[Wallace T.]

Next to the blacks, Irish Americans, at least the liberal ones, are the worst whiners in this country. Numerous other immigrant groups: Germans, Italians, Poles, Jews, Greeks, etc., had their share of problems, but none constantly complain about the past than those of Irish descent. The Jews received horrible treatment in Russia, Poland, etc., yet they left their grudges against the Tsars and pogroms when they arrived here. Ditto for the southern Italian peasants, who were under the thumbs of the landowning aristocracy and the Mafia.

[Az Joe]

Were the Germans, Italian, et alia discriminated against like the Irish? I never heard of that.

[kelly4c]

Hmm. I’m Irish on the paternal side and none in that family were ever whiners. Not sure they know of the history as I myself know very little as for some reason I’ve focused more on the Jewish Hungarian and German ancestors.