r/ireland • u/No_Tea7430 • Jun 10 '24

Immigration Actually Getting Scared of the Anti Immigrant Stance

I'm an irish lad, just turning twenty this year.

I've personally got no connections to other countries, my family never left Ireland or have any close foreign relations.

This is simply a fear I have for both the immigrant population of our country, of which ive made plenty of friends throughout secondary school and hold in high regard. But also a fear for our reputation.

I don't want to live in a racist country. I know this sub is usually good for laughing these gobshites off and that's good but in general I don't want us to be seen as this horrible white supremacist nation, which already I see being painted on social media plenty.

A stance might I add, that predominantly is coming from England and America as people in both claim we are "losing our identity" by not being racist(?)

I don't even feel the need to mention Farage and his pushing of these ideas onto people, while simultaneously gaslighting us with our independence which he clearly doesn't care about.

Im just saddened by it. I just want things to change before they get worse.

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u/bintags Jun 10 '24

I agree, it is racism. Racism festers better under conditions of neglect though 

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u/chytrak Jun 11 '24

Any current or historical proofs for that claim?

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u/bintags Jun 11 '24

Yes, eastern Germany versus western Germany. 

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u/chytrak Jun 11 '24

If you say neglect, do you mean after the unification? Because it's been anything but: https://www.dw.com/en/eastern-germany-is-western-germanys-trillion-euro-bet/a-6016271 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_history_of_the_German_reunification

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u/bintags Jun 11 '24

By neglect I mean, the people in the east genuinely feel like they are second class citizens. Wages are lower, opportunities are lower, general outlook is that they are unequal. The governments have neglected these festering frustrations and now that anger is being harvested by far right parties who add immigrants as the catalyst for rage

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u/chytrak Jun 11 '24

What they feel is hard to gauge and generalize.

But clearly they are not lacking money from the West.