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How can the experiences and identities of Irish people in Britain inform understandings of Irishness and questions of whiteness in Britain?
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How can the experiences and identities of Irish people in Britain inform understandings of Irishness and questions of whiteness in Britain? This essay focuses on experiences of Irish people in Britain. Until recently there has been little academic study on Irish migration and the Irish Diaspora and although the Irish are 'the largest ethnic minority in Britain's workforce and have been the most important source of migrant labour for British economy for 200 years' (Hickman,1998, 288) studies of migration tend to ignore this fact. The first part of my essay will focus on why the Irish have been somewhat of an 'invisible' migrant group in Britain. I will then consider the notion of 'whiteness' in Britain/England in relation to race and racism, highlighting the notion of a 'black white dualism' in regards to race. In the third part of this essay I will to examine the fact that Irish people in...
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