OK, so there’s something called “context”, which in this case is the person being questioned being Irish.
All Europeans eats potatoes so singling out the Irish in this way means you are referencing the famine.
the joke was in reference to the irish potato famine which was caused by the uk subsidising the export of food in ireland so potatoes were literally the only thing they were able to eat because the british would force them to hand over everything else
The only reason those concepts are linked is because potato was the emergency food during the period during which England was trying to kill all Irish people
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Is every use of the word “potato” a reference to famine in the 1800’s?
positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 1 week ago
OK, so there’s something called “context”, which in this case is the person being questioned being Irish.
All Europeans eats potatoes so singling out the Irish in this way means you are referencing the famine.
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
There’s literally a dish called “Irish potatoes.”
positiveWHAT@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Lol, oh you little trolls
pupbiru@aussie.zone 6 days ago
is every use of the word “yellow” racist? no but context matters
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Sure; an important part of this context is that the Irish bombed more hospitals than the Israelis have
gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
the joke was in reference to the irish potato famine which was caused by the uk subsidising the export of food in ireland so potatoes were literally the only thing they were able to eat because the british would force them to hand over everything else
crashfrog@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
How does the joke reference that?
psud@aussie.zone 6 days ago
By using the concepts “potato” and “Irish”
The only reason those concepts are linked is because potato was the emergency food during the period during which England was trying to kill all Irish people