Joe Biden obviously cherishes his Irish heritage, but I hope commentators don't fall into lazy essentialist language about how he exemplifies the "Irish character." (See also "Irish wit.") The Irish (and Irish-Americans) are a pretty diverse group.
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He said worse about other groups. Years ago I wrote a piece for the American Journalism Review about the way journalists peddled Irish stereotypes. The title was "The Blarney Beat."
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