# Discrimination in the US: how bad did the Irish have it?

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**Created:** [July 19, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discrimination-in-the-us-how-bad-did-the-irish-have-it/915769 "2020-07-19T21:22:36Z")\
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Not sure. Before my father died, his cousin came to see him. She was in her sixties too and had no idea about her grandparent’s background. They kept it under wraps pretty well.

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