Terry Gilliam interview: 'I'm tired of white men being blamed for everything wrong with the world'

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[–]RuckFeddit 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Well I've been accused of having white privilege, which is hilarious as an Irish person to hear. We were occupied by the Brits for 800 years and weren't treated any better than the other colonies.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Apparently my Great Grandmother was an Irish beauty and my Great Grandfather was British and married her yet looked down on her anyway. I believe he served in WWI and India then they came to Canada to establish a jewelry and clock and repair shop in London, Ontario until they retired around which time those kinds of mom & pop shops became a thing of the past. I don't remember him and I only knew her as a pregnant-looking old lady who died of enormous ovarian cancer at 72. She didn't trust doctors (even my Dad) at all and preferred to go without treatment independently, and ultimately might have had a better quality of life for it.