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Im not from the US, but don’t let your lack of facts get in the way of a good story

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My first husband’s husband’s second cousin once removed had a hernia that wasn’t treated properly because she was Irish.

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BTW, my paternal great grandmother getting brutally raped by a lowlife Scott-Irishman with impunity wasn't a story. My paternal grandmother having been refused emergency medical care at a White hospital because of the color of her skin, resulting in her death, wasn't a story. My aunt, who bled to death during childbirth, because a white hospital refused her emergency medical care for being Black, wasn't a story. My dad, having served in a segregated Jim Crow Army during WWII and returning home as a 2nd class citizen, wasn't a story. Me serving in the prison industrial complex for 34 years and tenaciously preventing super predators from breaching the fences to rob and rape you wasn't a story.

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My eighth cousin twice removed had to hide from his maths teacher because he couldn’t spell polynomial. He was irish too.

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