> ...I felt outrage upon seeing the wrongs meted out against
> the indigenous peoples of North America, and I honestly
> thought, had given me an "inside" track to understanding
> the feelings of indigenous people.
>
> But I didn't understand. Not until this last week. I came
> across an event from my own history, one that caused my
> family to hide its roots in fear of its ancestral legacy...
The English practiced methods of racist oppression also on the Irish
before transplanting their methods to the "colonies." For an excellent
analysis check out _The Invention of the White Race_ (the author's name
escapes me at the moment). This book also analyzes how a people once
oppressed in their homeland became "white," the oppressors in their
adopted land.
Yours,
Daniel