Susan
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I grew up in New Jersey, but I'm here for 25 years now.
Hello?
It was before my time.
So both my parents are from New York, Staten Island and Brooklyn.
And it was during my parents' time.
And my mother used to tell us that there'd be signs up.
Now, her parents were from Norway.
There'd be signs up saying, Irish need not apply.
And also, there was an area in Staten Island that was called Shanty Irish.
But I think things have completely turned around.
And I think here it will be the same.
Like, you know, you're talking a generation ago.
Both my parents are gone.
But now...
I mean, everybody embraces the Irish.
If the Irish, the real Irish, go to New York and they hear an Irish accent, who doesn't love an Irish accent?
Everybody loves the Irish.
So I just think there's a lot of hope.
I genuinely think that people are, for the most part, good.
I believe so.