Episode 10 The Irish Slaves Myth

The Irish Passport

Society & Culture

4.8 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Have you heard that the Irish were slaves? If so, you may have been targeted with political propaganda from the American far right. Naomi speaks to actress and writer Azie Dungey about how Irish history is being abused for a political agenda in the United States, while Tim asks two experts in the topic about the truth behind the internet myth. We hear from American journalist Traci White who set out to investigate why the meme was appearing on her Facebook page, while Irish Senator Aodháin Ó Ríordáin tells us what the Trump administration needs to know about Irish-American history. Featuring: ‘When the Wick is Gone’ by the Pangolins

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0:00.0	Hello, welcome to Irish Passport.
0:02.3	Let's do it.
0:03.1	Welcome to the Irish Passport.
0:04.8	I'm Tim McInerney.
0:06.0	I'm Naomi O'Leary.
0:07.0	We're friends.
0:07.7	Can you both to Naomi?
0:08.5	Anwar Fat, Tim.
0:09.9	This is your passport to Irish culture, history and politics.
0:13.2	Uh-huh.
0:13.4	I'm recording.
0:14.2	One, two, two, three.
0:16.6	Okay.
0:37.8	Have you ever heard about Irish people being slaves in history?
0:39.2	No, never heard about that, no?
0:42.0	Not about them being slaves over in the States or anything like that?
0:43.7	I don't know. I think I've heard something about it.
0:46.6	Is it not like whenever they went over in the famine?
0:48.1	Wasn't that it?
0:50.1	Or maybe? I don't know. I can't be certain.
0:51.1	What about you?
0:52.6	No, I don't know anything about it.
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