Before you toss on the green and run out to support some Irish pub to celebrate ole' St. Patrick's Day, remember that there are a long line of Irish Police in America who became cops thanks to family tradition. That family tradition for too many of them began in the slave patrol, rounding of the ancestors of American Descendants of Slaves. To hell with what the day represents to them.
So for all of the dumb, foolish, and deliberately Black people seeking to stand in the way of what we're owed in this country, you're some of the reasons why paper trails are of great importance. You're the faces and names listed under the topic of undeserved loyalty, because there is no benefit to being loyal to you.
Does it make sense to be loyal to someone that behaves like an enemy?
Even you wouldn't accept that.
Don't play dumb as if you can't understand either, but for those who legitimately don't, its like an abusive relationship. It's harmful for the person on the receiving end of that abuse to remain in such a relationship, but we're expected to be dumb enough to stick around and remain faithful, supportive, and loving to our abusers (or the supporters of those abusers).
Now that I've inserted a different perspective, I hope it opens the eyes of those who are not intentionally pursuing a route that gets in our way. These people accepted the role of doing us wrong, and they were rewarded incentives. Being the descendants of Irish immigrants doesn't change the part they've played and continue to play, just like other Europeans, and everyone else who invested in being our enemies. Slave patrols also began operating on holidays because they found that revolts would occur around these days, and they were also trying to prevent some Black trade markets from being established.
So what are you celebrating?
Don't be one of those people. Let these various holidays simply represent a reminder in life to stay on code, you don't need their holidays when we have the ability to create our own. These people were recapturing our ancestors, beating them, and even killing them in some cases. Sound familiar?
These people benefited from making the lives of our people hell. Weren't slave patrols exempt from taxes and fees while in service? Also, they were paid more than the typical amount of money via a surplus, right? Don't let them hide their dirt to minimize what we're owed, and the ability to kill us in the past and didn't make it right, just like it doesn't in the present, damn anyone to hell who believes otherwise. Being a Black immigrant doesn't make you exempt either, remember what happened to Botham Jean.
Also, remember who fought for him.
