Because it's not visible. Other forms of discrimination are visible. You can see whos black, you can see whos Asian, you can see whos middle Eastern. Therefore the discrimination they receive is plain and obvious. Due to the ethnically Irish being white, the discrimination... https://twitter.com/Adamdonno1/status/1278104109036589058

We receive is usually less explicit (e.g. racists will not cross a street to not walk past an Irishman like they will a black man, because they can't tell that they're Irish from looking at them). This doesn't make it any less hateful.

My personal experience with this is one that is only felt by those in a similar situation. I live in the North, but in a highly republican area (Crossmaglen). This area and others like it (Bogside of Derry for example) were hotbeds of violence during the troubles...

And are known for such. My local area is known to many as "Bandit Country". The most explicit prejudice I have experienced came during a family holiday to Spain. I was about 9 years old and a father of another child who was playing in the pool told his son not to mix with us...

Because we were Irish. This was not my first introduction to this prejudice however. My father who grew up in the troubles made it clear to us from a young age that there were going to be people who disliked us because of where we're from. What world do we live in when this is...

An education a father has to give to his children.

A reason this abuse often goes unnoticed is because it admittedly is not as damaging as other racism. I was not profoundly affected by this, but many people of colour can be greatly affected by the abuse they receive.

However this does not make our plight any less important. Just because we as Irish people can deal with it, doesn't mean we should have to.
The clouds of the last 500+ of conflict still hang over this country. From the first invasion of the British, to the plantations...

To Cromwell, to "The Great Famine", to 1916, to the troubles, to the disgusting signs of "No Blacks, No Dogs, No Irish" which hung in front of many am English owned establishment. The scarring runs deep, through the discrimination our people face and the border that runs...

through our Island.
All these things pain me when I see an Irish person who doesn't support the current push for equality from the #blacklivesmatter movement. The black community have suffered many the same plights as us and we should stand with them as they push for justice...

Slavery, stealing of land, mass killing, the taking away of their rights and their vote. These things are felt by both peoples.
The words of Daniel O'Connell during the black Americans fight for the abolition of slavery still hold true today...

"If you remain and dare continue to countenance the system of slavery that is supported there, we will recognize you as Irishmen no longer!".

I've gone off on a much wider tangent than the initial tweet I realise. But ah well.