Reply #79: What?! I've lived in the Midwest nearly my whole life,

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and I've NEVER heard or seen such attitudes. Hell, everyone I know...and I mean EVERYONE is some mix of Irish and German. It's hard to discriminate against the majority of the population. Hell, there are so many politicians named "Ryan" at the state level in Illinois it's hard to tell 'em apart. They wouldn't be in those positions if they were being discriminated against. I don't know anyone who looks down on the Irish.

I went to grad school in Boston, and saw some of it there, but not much. I remember a "joke" I heard more than once in Boston...."What was the worst natural disaster to hit Massachusetts? The Irish potato famine". I heard that when I worked in East Boston.

But no, I've never seen the Irish discriminated against in the Midwest.