So I don’t know if you all know much about combat sports, but Floyd Mayweather made an excellent point about racism in combat sports against the success of Conor McGregor, who essentially does the same thing as Floyd(talk serious shit and be cocky). Floyd said that Conor’s success and likeability have to do with him being white. Conor responded with accusing Floyd of using the race card and then in turn derailing the convo with the I’m Irish card, which is weird because he is using it against a black man…who had absolutely nothing to do with Irish Oppression by England culturally, historically, or even with lineage.

I see this a lot with oppressed European ethnic groups such as the Irish and Romani(they are a race, and a completely different conversation), and quite frankly I am sick of it. Conor, you made millions dollars with your mouth. You rolled around with an airsoft UZi, or so you claimed that it was airsoft, and got to apologize when a black kid was killed on sight with a toy gun. You being Irish in America means everything in every other country…except America where you are just white and that is where you garnered your success. So when Floyd, who is a right asshole, points out that you, also a right asshole, are successful because you are white because it is fucking true by the way, then do not use the Irish card to derail the topic when your own fucking country is terrible to people of color minorities. You are a household name in Europe and America just by running your fucking mouth when dudes like Richard Sherman were legitimately called a thug for doing the same fucking thing as you. Muhammad Ali was reviled for talking shit in his day, you are loved. His daughter did the same thing and she was barely a blip in the radar. Both you and Ronda Rousey get movie deals. And I fucking wonder why? I know why. Because you are white.

Maybe you are not aware what the Irish did to become white in this country, but here is a hint: they threw Africans under the bus. They simply did their damnest to disassociate from black people in environments where they thrived. You ever wonder why the labor movement was so white in the early 1900s? Well, they were predominantly Irish and white, and as soon as they secured their jobs after have fought for them, they did their damnest to make sure black people did not get them.

You told Floyd to not play the race card with him. Well, don’t play “I’m Irish” card with him because frankly in this day and age, it doesn’t mean shit to black people.