he feels discrimination deeply, had/has a sign on his desk: 'Irish need not apply.'

I'm a Bernie guy but Martin is certainly my second choice. But this post is more for people I may have offended by my bluntness. Like "POC" or women I may have misspoken to...just like printing POC-I don't know how else to say it???There are both black folk and mixed racial people in my family and it is sad I don't even know how to say that without giving offense. A child I almost adopted as a foster parent was half black and still there seems nothing I can say that doesn't sound patronizing or off somehow. I'm trying real hard to be not just perceived as correct but to know how they would like me to say "they are different but I see them as my equal"....

AND, to change the subject from your op AGAIN, have you heard about this new book???

So as a pet I chose a cat
Who's black and silky but somewhat fat
He's also worthless and often drools
and let us not discuss his stool

thank you for posting.
This to me is an important time - a possibility for real change to occur. For those of us with white privilege (also of Irish descent) it is a time to listen. We are learning so much that we had no idea was occurring to people we even knew. We can all be part of the change.

And they were orphaned by the English Court that sent their parents to the Penal Colony (Australia)