カリスマ・カーペンターのインスタグラム(charismacarpenter) - 8月16日 09時01分
Impactful and thought provoking experience at the EPIC Irish Emigration Museum today.
All I could think about was how lucky I am. How fortunate to have not been born in massively oppressive times for women, to have been born in the US and not other war-torn countries of past and even present day. I am grateful to have not been vulnerable to starvation because of severe weather or some weird crop fungus, to have not experienced my family’s land stolen from under my feet, to have not suffered religious persecution.
Then I wondered what if I had been in Ireland then? I wondered IF I would have or HOW I would have survived.
Would I have stayed home and become a rebel? Would I have fought for equal rights for female laborers? ( That Constance Markievicz looks like a hell of a lady! ) Would I have died walking to Dublin to board a ship meant to take me away to foreign lands of opportunity? Would I have been received there if I had survived the boat ride? Or turned away and forced back to certain death and alienation?
All these stories resonate with me and are not lost on me as my own country’s in political turmoil about the handling of immigrants.
It begs the question, how much have we really learned from history? How can we turn our backs on the vulnerable? How can we not have great compassion for those victims of war, racial oppression and economic depression?
Yet we do turn our backs. - “The wealthiest, most powerful country in the world”, tragically.
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robinsrollercoaster
My family is actually here in the USA because of that very famine. They spoke of living in horrible condition so on Ellis Island and witnessing people dying. They also Said it was worth the sacrifice and wait, until it was their chance at due process. Every generation of my family ha then served in a military to defend this country. I love that others want to come but they must follow our laws and go through the process from the get go.
drea_dbyrne
I’m loving all your posts about where you’re visiting while your here in Dublin. You got the right message from visiting The Famine Museum. We All come from somewhere! And sometimes we need a helping hand or kindness. Sadly history repeats itself even the horrible parts that we all should have learned from. This is a brilliant post @karazma 💖
tony.mcl3
I knew a bit about it but when you actually see what they went through and how the landed gentry abused their power it was tragic... Even if they got to a ship there was no guarantee of surviving the trip, if they did the illnesses were horrific and access at the other end wasn't certain
dee.4258
👏👏👏 As a mother I often think of the hell I must be facing, if I think boarding a boat to face poor odds of surviving is the best opportunity I can give my child. Brave individuals who we should embrace and welcome. There for the grace of God could we be facing these choices ❤️💪🤞
bikerboy138
We are Italian and my dad and grandfather came over in 1923, and my grandfather told me he was treated pretty bad but the Irish were treated much worse, the English treated the Irish and Italians like dogs and my grandfather and father never forgot that, btw LOVE ur work!
mshaiq
How beautifully put. I think on this often but I have to believe that in sharing and talking about these thoughts, we perhaps spread the awareness and maybe one day it will be enough to help even if right now, it's just a few of us that are concerned
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