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Please learn about Irish history.
OK, so there's something called "context", which in this case is the person being questioned being Irish.
All Europeans eats potatoes so singling out the Irish in this way means you are referencing the famine.
Lol, oh you little trolls
is every use of the word “yellow” racist? no but context matters
the joke was in reference to the irish potato famine which was caused by the uk subsidising the export of food in ireland so potatoes were literally the only thing they were able to eat because the british would force them to hand over everything else
By using the concepts "potato" and "Irish"
The only reason those concepts are linked is because potato was the emergency food during the period during which England was trying to kill all Irish people
You, who needed an explanation on how a joke about Irish and potatoes was offensive, are an expert on the famine?