It's implied (at least that's how I read it). Otherwise there'd be no point in bringing it up, since literally everyone's family was enslaved at some point.
Then why bring it up? Every group in history is descended from slaves and the Irish were more often slavers than they were enslaved. (Like 10 to 1). The only reason you'd mention it in this context would be to draw allusions to the 'irish as early American slaves' myth.
You are trying to evade the fact that the Irish were actually slaves by saying they weren't African slaves.
I mean, no shit the Irish weren't African slaves. The Irish aren't African. They were still slaves, though.
The Irish were occasionally slaves during the middle ages. They were more often slavers during the same period. Point is either the original quote is referring to the myth that the Irish were brought to the new world as slaves or the poster doesn't know much Irish history, and either way it's kind of embarrassing.
(Irish Americans don't get enough credit as abolitionists and eager participants in the civil war to end slavery, and that's what we should be celebrating them for. It's also why saying they have white privilege is silly, considering what they sacrificed but again the original quote doesn't understand Irish history.)
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u/bloodredcookie NOVICE Mar 17 '23
It's implied (at least that's how I read it). Otherwise there'd be no point in bringing it up, since literally everyone's family was enslaved at some point.