It celebrated by non-Irish people, while its an Irish holiday.
They're not really representative of what Irish culture is all about, therefore they maintain stereotypes.
I didn't grow up there but everyone outside my immediate family did. It's fine in Ireland, but it gets really tacky here & I have met people who find it offensive. If you replaced the ethnicity from "Irish for a day" to "Mexican for a day" or "Pakistani for a day", nobody would tolerate it, and Irish people have faced discrimination, so it seems like one of those things that's only sticks around because they're white so "it can't be offensive".
Edit: Not to mention it's an unflattering depiction. Reducing any culture to strictly binge drinking, bad accents & garish apparel is a bad look and it's basically the most attention Ireland gets on a global scale every year.
It being used as an excuse to just get drunk and for everyone and their mothers to claim to be Irish for a day and to perpetuate stereotypes of Irish people is a little insulting, I must admit.
Edit: Not to mention it's an unflattering depiction. Reducing any culture to strictly binge drinking, bad accents & garish apparel is a bad look and it's basically the most attention Ireland gets on a global scale every year.
It triggers me so much. For Irish culture to be reduced to debauchery and alcoholism is utterly offensive. I'm tempted to write a think piece about it on my blog.
It triggers me so much. For Irish culture to be reduced to debauchery and alcoholism is utterly offensive. I'm tempted to write a think piece about it on my blog.
Slay me.
Why won't someone stand up for us little leprechauns?
