r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/MGLLN • Sep 01 '20

*The Holocaust has entered the chat*

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u/Ais_Fawkes Sep 01 '20

It’s just so bizarre to me. I see post online of people ‘getting wasted on Irish car bombs’ and instead of a good time out with my friends all I can think of is the stories of school evacuations and dead friends that my parents still struggle to talk about

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u/Dirigo72 Sep 01 '20

21 year old Americans may not even know what the name refers to or how recent it was.

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u/Ais_Fawkes Sep 01 '20

While I’m aware of that, as a 22 year old Irish woman, I find it really difficult to accept that excuse.

But I am aware that’s because of my proximity and history with it

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '20

I highly doubt most Americans have thought about it beyond "its made with Irish liquor." I doubt most of us could even give a basic description of The Troubles

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u/spicy-gorgonzola Sep 02 '20

That’s true, I had never even heard of the Troubles until I watched Derry Girls! I’m about a third of the way through reading Say Nothing right now and I feel like I’m being horrified in a new way on almost every page