Well, at least they aren’t the Irish. (Language advisory as to the video):
The French
- Donald R. McClarey
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
“Irish Need Not Apply.”
In fact, the Irish were heavily discriminated against by nativists and the Know Nothing Parry when they first came in the mid 19th c
They prevailed.
https://the-american-catholic.com/2015/08/04/no-irish-need-apply/
In 1836 and 1844, Bishop ‘Dagger John’ Hughes called upon armed Irish immigrants to defend now-Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral [in Little Italy] against nativist rioters, intent on burning it.
Every time I see the phrase “The French” I think of Orson Welles.
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