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Re:God's Lonely Programmer by aaren on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @04:39AM (#8661666)
> Irish people until recently were considered to be "black", and in the UK, still kind of are.

Is this from personal experience? If not, can you link me somewhere?

Do you mean sounds Irish / looks Irish / is Irish / is Catholic / something else or a mix of these?

I don't disagree with you (not sure either way tbh) but do have a personal interest.

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Re:God's Lonely Programmer by nl on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @06:53AM (#8661947)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Irish_sentiment#21st_cent... provides some good starting points.
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Re:God's Lonely Programmer by aaren on Wednesday November 26, 2014 @07:15AM (#8661992)
Thank you. Now convinced. I think I just found 'black' a bit jarring as a generic 'not-white' descriptor but now I see the use.
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