• Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    801·
    2 months ago

    This is a very common hypocrisy among first gen US immigrants. I’m a good Irish, not like those dirty ones coming over now; we should keep them out.

    See also: Ayn Rand

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 months ago

      Or “I might be Irish, but at least I’m not an Italian” to not make yourself look better, but to make the others look worse

    • ofcourse@lemmy.ml
      51·
      2 months ago

      I think the phenomenon is called something like “closing the door behind you.”