Patrick R. O'Malley

Patrick R. O'Malley, author of 'The Irish and the Imagination of Race: White Supremacy Across the Atlantic in the Nineteenth Century,' discusses the role of Irishness in constructions of race. He explores how many Irish nationalist writers used Black suffering to promote their arguments for Irish political enfranchisement. O'Malley examines the intersection of whiteness and Irishness, the relationship between genre and race in the 19th century, and the importance of studying both 19th century and contemporary literary works.