Black MSNBC host accused of racism towards Irish by AOH

Irish Central ^ | October 23, 2017 07:28 AM | Irish Central Staff

[Olog-hai]

America’s largest Irish group, the Ancient Order of Hibernians, has slammed black MSNBC host Joy Reid for what they say were her racist comments about Irish Americans.

Reid wrote on Twitter: “Kelly grew up in segregated Boston, in an Irish Catholic neighborhood where women were bullied, not honored, and blacks scorned & rejected.”

Reid made the comments about the Boston Irish after Boston native and White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly had criticized African American congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson […]

Neil Cosgrave, the chairman of the AOH anti-defamation committee, slammed Reid and MSNBC saying, “It is hard to imagine that the scurrilous generalization of ‘Irish Catholic neighborhood(s)where women were bullied, not honored’ would not draw the outrage of MSNBC if the subject was any other than Irish Catholics and the commentator other than MSNBC’s own Joy Reid. We note with grim irony that in years past the Hibernians have drawn to the attention of MSNBC multiple instances of unambiguous bigotry for which no reference to a dictionary is required, merchandise with phrases such as ‘Everyone Loves a Drunk Irish Slut.’” …

[Olog-hai]

It’s inevitable. Of course, the more frequently one can induce the occurrence thereof, the more one can show them as a warning to other people to avoid their ideology like the plague.

[kearnyirish2]

It is hard to imagine that during the draft riots and such the Irish tensions with blacks were related to competition for jobs. How things have changed...

[Sirius Lee]

I don’t believe AOH represents true Irishmen and women. Real Irish don’t get upset about names and stereotypes because we’re not pussies.