Question

The text discusses the plight of the Irish immigrants in the United States in the late 1800s, when vicious, racially motivated attacks were directed toward the Irish populations. In 2014, there was a series of angry demonstrations in Waterford, a town in Ireland, directed against the Roma, a people who have been the subject of attack for hundreds of years. The Roma are sometimes called Gypsies, now a pejorative term. The irony of the attacks on the Roma in Waterford is that they reflect the same kind of __________ as was directed against the Irish a hundred years ago.

Answer 1

Answer: racism

Step-by-step explanation:

Racism simply refers to the oppression and the marginalization and/or oppression of people based on their color whereby the whites are privileged at the expense of other races.

In late 1800s, there was racism against the Irish in the United States. In 2014, there was an attack on the Romans by the Irish. This shows that racism just like what happened to the Irish.