Tell Amazon To End “No Irish Need Apply” When It Comes To Respect and Tolerance

Currently, Amazon is selling an item labeled as a “F*ck St Patrick’s Day Shirt.” Amazon describes the item as a “Funny Luck St. Patrick’s Day Gift.”
As of my writing, Amazon currently sells 130 items with the phrase “F*ck Me, I’m Irish.” A similar search replacing “Irish” with several other races and ethnicities returned ZERO results.
Hundreds of other items defaming Irish Americans have messages such as “Irish Today Hungover Tomorrow“, “Irish, Drunk, or Whatever“, “Drink Till You’re Irish“
In response to concerns from other ethnic groups, Amazon has removed other items that were deemed offensive.

We ask you to please consider signing the below letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. On submission, it shall be sent to his e-mail and Amazon customer service. It is time to end the charade of “selective diversity and tolerance”. As Irish Americans, we ask not to be treated better than anyone else, but we should not accept being treated worse. All heritages should be shown the same level of respect.

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Respect, Tolerance and Diversity At Amazon Should Not Be "No Irish Need Apply"

Mr. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon

I am a proud individual of Irish descent contacting you to condemn Amazon’s continued sale of merchandise, defaming the Irish and disparaging the annual celebration of their heritage St. Patrick’s Day. Specifically, I question the selective nature of Amazon’s commitment to diversity.

Currently, Amazon is selling an item labeled as an “Fck St Patrick's Day Shirt.” Amazon describes the item as an “Anti St Patrick’s Day shirt for guys and gals "Fck St. Patrick's Day" and a “Perfect anti-St Patrick’s Day shirt for those sick of all the wannabe Irish making excuses for getting drunk.”

During this divisive time in our nation’s history, that Amazon should seek to profit by promoting intolerance towards any ethnic group and their celebrations is irresponsibly tone-deaf.

It was reported that at a November 2016 Amazon employees forum that you, Mr. Bezos, stated, “Amazon has always been, and always will be, committed to equal rights, tolerance, and diversity. “ The Hibernians find very little of that commitment when Amazon continues to peddle defamation for profit in items emblazoned with “Fck St Patrick's,” “Drunk O’Meter” (where “Irish” is labeled as the maximum level of inebriation), or “Drink till Your Irish.” As of my writing, Amazon currently sells 130 items with the phrase “Fck Me, I’m Irish.” A similar search replacing “Irish” with several other races and ethnicities returned ZERO results.

I ask you, Mr. Bezos, to end the hypocrisy of “selective diversity”; if a commitment to diversity is to have any meaning, then respect must apply to all, not just to a few. I ask a basic question: would the items it sells targeting Irish Americans be permitted if another ethnic group replaced "Irish”? If the answer is “No,” then these items should be prohibited out of equal respect, not give a pass because they target the Irish.

I do not ask that the Irish be treated better than anyone else, but we should not accept them being treated worse. I ask that you direct your subordinates to implement a culture of tolerance and diversity at Amazon that is inclusive of the Irish and shows their heritage equal esteem.

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