# Ireland: Racist or misunderstood

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-racist-or-misunderstood/255394>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 16, 2004, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-racist-or-misunderstood/255394 "2004-07-16T10:44:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anti-Racist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed655f/32.png) [@Anti-Racist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti-Racist)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-racist-or-misunderstood/255394/81 "2004-07-18T21:19:18Z")

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> [@jjimm](#):
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> Er… the referendum, while I disagreed with it, had nothing whatsoever to do with “people of color”. It was about anyone from outside the EU, no matter what colour they are.

It should be clear to everyone that this referendum was designed to keep Ireland white (whatever that is) and pure.

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**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2004, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ireland-racist-or-misunderstood/255394/82 "2004-07-18T21:24:38Z")

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Errr, OK. Time for some IP checks and such.

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