If this shit had been done to the Charles river I'd agree with you. Does Chicago even have any significant Irish diaspora living there or is this just the usual WASP/American-mutt appropriation of the sort of Irish diaspora culture more commonplace in New England/New York that happens around St. Patrick's Day?
There used to be a fairly significant Irish population in Chicago but it's really plummeted, especially in the last 30ish years. "Southside Irish" is a thing but a lot of white flight has occurred since Chicago uses the Southside to segregate minority communities. Plus the further generations get from when their families originally immigrated, the less they identify as Irish unless it's St. Patrick's Day.
If this shit had been done to the Charles river I'd agree with you. Does Chicago even have any significant Irish diaspora living there or is this just the usual WASP/American-mutt appropriation of the sort of Irish diaspora culture more commonplace in New England/New York that happens around St. Patrick's Day?
There used to be a fairly significant Irish population in Chicago but it's really plummeted, especially in the last 30ish years. "Southside Irish" is a thing but a lot of white flight has occurred since Chicago uses the Southside to segregate minority communities. Plus the further generations get from when their families originally immigrated, the less they identify as Irish unless it's St. Patrick's Day.
Not to mention, Irish like the Daley family have historically run Chicago
They’re still around, mostly moved to the suburbs like the Ital*ans though.