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A split between United ireland and United Kingdom lovers |
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All religion is the same they believe in god why can't they get along |
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Although i'm not prejudiced other people are and that is what makes me wary of mixing with different religions and ethnic groups |
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Although, I did experience some cross community interaction in my Catholic primary school but none in my Catholic secondary school. I feel that this stunted me and my peers understanding and excepance of Protestants of similar age groups. Not being old en |
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As a Catholic some of my friends warn me about being in certain areas such as loyalist areas, in my mind it scares me a bit thinking people have certain feelings towards Catholics and sometimes act violently on it. Even one of my friends told me persona |
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As a whole the relationships from what I have seen haven't changed, there is still sectarian violence that I have witnessed in this day and age, yes there has been improvements from the troubles but we still have a long way to go |
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As someone who is English (with a strong accent), but christened a Catholic and with a stereotypically Irish name, I have experienced differing attitudes from both Catholics and Protestants. I feel that with people my age, relations are increasingly impro |
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Best Left Alone |
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Better paid jobs in my area |
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Big difference in atmospheres when a Catholic goes to a Protestant area and vice versa |
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Bonfires suck and there is pressure from parents in Protestant households to go to them |
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Bullying still occurs based on ethnic backround. But not everywhere. |
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Catholic teenagers have innacurate ideas of what being Protestant is and same with Protestant teenagers not knowing what Catholicism is. I think alot of teenagers don't realise how similar the two are. |
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Catholics and Protestants should be friends [and] stop holding on the past. |
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Certain areas can feel more unsafe in terms of religion than others (harassment, violence etc.) |
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Children are more keen to violence than adults |
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Communities don't interact with one another regularly. |
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Community relations in Northern Ireland are strained, and they have been for years, whether due to religion, ethnicity, sexuality or gender identity. I want it to get better but I, just like many young people, know that the chance of that happening is sli |
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Community relations is somthing that needs to be resolved as quickly as possible. united Ireland or not, it will be the same between Catholics and Protesents if the government does not do anything. |
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Don't care |
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Don't have anything to say |
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Don't know that much about it |
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Drawing attention to the differences and promoting coming together only makes people think more about there being differences in the first place. Also neither side should promote any paramilitary no matter how justified they feel they are. |
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Everyone has completely different views |
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Everyone is the same, it doesn't define a person for their religion |
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F*** the pope and the IRA |
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Fights that happen in Belfast |
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For me it doesn't matter at all unless someone made me feel threatened. It's not important to me. - I have had people ask my religion before |
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For the most part Northern Ireland has got way better in relations over the past 30 years but there will always be those little or major differences and issues in the community - |
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For the youth of the north of Ireland it's the lack of knowledge of what happened all those years ago like what happened in the troubles or the so called "famine". It's wasn't a famine there was food but the English soldiers who were stationed in Ireland |
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Good to see more integration |
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Half the time I can't tell if something is supposed to be Catholic or Protestant , but that's more due to me not being able to pick up some social cues |
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Help people my age (16-18) to find jobs since most youth centers under 16 |
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Honestly, from what I see the majority get along it is only a minority that have a problem with different race, religion or ethnicity. |
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I believe community relations in Northern Ireland are able to improve in the future under certain conditions. - |
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I believe that cross community education is important |
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I believe that young people are pressured by biased adults which result in worse community relations |
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I believe there is less sense of community here than other places I've been to, for example the Republic of Ireland and Spain. |
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I can see in the future more division in NI with Protestants and Catholics I personally don't have any thing again them but chaos may happen again |
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I come from Protestant and Catholic backgrounds but I still feel out of place at school such as I need to watch what I say , do or who I talk too, I don't feel like I belong to either side but I do try to take pride in both my hertiage |
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I do think people know what is right and wrong but they just choose to act the way everyone else does which results in a harmful herd mentality. |
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I do think they have improved but there's always going to be someone trying to start a problem sadly - |
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I don't know |
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I don't know any Protestants so found the questions difficult to answer from personal experience |
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I don't mind about other religions but would be wary because some people do. |
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I don't mind who I'm around as long as they don't make it their sole purpose to prove they're a Protestant or Catholic through expressions or violence etc - |
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I don't think so, but I don't really understand the question... I suppose I think that prejudice or otherwise can often stem from influence on young people in a community and the ideals they are raised with. |
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I don't think they will change because it has been going on for so long now it's embedded in our society |
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I dont know |
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I dont know much |
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I dont think anyone really thinks about religion anymore, i have never been asked or asked anyone, i wouldn't know who is what religion and i don't really care. if everyone else is happy with what they are doing so am I. |
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I feel as though Northern Ireland has the potential to be great but everyone has grown up differently or on 'different sides', my great granda told me all the time before he died that ‚ 'you're either Catholic or Protestant and there's nothing you can |
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I feel for the most part relations are good, apart from a select few people. |
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I feel like everyone needs to understand we are all the same and our religion or background shouldn't determine what you think about another person |
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I feel like most people in Northern Ireland are generally very nice and overall is a well-rounded community |
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I feel like religion will always have a toll on Northern Ireland as it was a big part of our history and who we are today. I believe that we are growing for the better as communities and build strong bonds day by day. |
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I feel like the community in Northern Ireland is increasingly hostile and disrespectful towards religions that are not their own. |
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I feel like we should get people who are threating young people of the streets because it's not safe. |
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I feel that community relations right now could definitely be better and I hope that some day that is the case |
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I feel that for some young people they feel the need to have prejudice against people of other religions and ethnic groups in order to fit in and be popular. I really hate this and think it's really ignorant |
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I feel that it won't change much, the older generation is very stubborn, particularly in relation to the Protestant and Catholic conflict. This stubbornness and stupidity is being passed down to children my age, resulting in more immature and pointless co |
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I feel that more could be done for young people who work instead of going to school as they can't attend school organised workshops and i personally think they have helped me gain friends from different backgrounds and think it would be good for others |
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I feel that most communities are either one religion or another I rarely see a mixed religion community! |
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I feel that parents contribute to how our country turns out. I believe there is a rise in young people who just want to live, and have a functioning government without the religious bias of both sides, this is the same to relationships between the communi |
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I feel that people of certain religions may feel pressured or fearful of entering a neighbourhood of another religion incase they come across harrassment or another form of violence. |
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I feel that some parents that are prejudiced are passing those beliefs onto their children, which can cause marginalisation in schools |
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I feel that the younger generations tend to have a more accepting view on judging people based on their religious or ethnic background, but discrimination is still present and probably will be for a while. |
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I honestly don't see difference in religion or culture. i think that is due to my integrated education and parents from different backgrounds |
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I might be a bit detached as I am neither Catholic or Protestant but I feel like that comes as a benefit as it comes with an outside view. With this outside view both Catholics and Protestants have ideas about one another that are just not true and clearl |
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I personally don't have anything against Protestants as a Catholic but I don't agree with their views on Northern Ireland being part of the UK. This is why some violent things are still happening in Ireland as people disagree. I think that schools should |
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I personally would like to see older generations begin to move on from past grudges that they held to groups of people as to ensure that next or current generation can live on without those grudges being passed to them, as to build better community relati |
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I think I'm happy so far with my answers |
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I think a lot of work still has to be done to fully improve relations between different communities as people still have prejudice towards one another. |
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I think community relations in Northern Ireland will become more inclusive to those of all religions, ethnicities and backgrounds. Slowly, I think all prejudice ideas will become lesser and lesser and all communities will support each other. |
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I think many people face to face will be kind and respectful but behind closed doors will be prejudiced and hateful. |
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I think most of the younger generation doesn't care very much about background or religion when socialising with others |
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I think my future children shld grown up with a faith but shldnt be scared to change if they see fit. The community doesn't mix very well in the city I go to school in and there can be lots of cruel words said with no thought of anyone's feelings. Whilst |
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I think people judge alot based on religion but it really just depends on the person themsleves as there will always be good and bad people from both sides |
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I think politics of Northern Ireland play a big part in community relations in Northern Ireland |
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I think relationships with communities have slightly improved over the years, although there is definitely some difficulty with others trying to respect people of colour, mainly in the middle eastern area. I've also seen a lot of difficulty with people wh |
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I think religion will always play a huge part in relations in Northern Ireland as many people are still badly affected by the troubles. |
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I think religious tensions are the most prevalent among people from older generations (such as adults living through the troubles). From my experience, young people nowadays don't pay any mind to divisions between Catholics and Protestants unless this att |
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I think that it is important that we make decisions mutually and respectfully to ensure that peace lasts in our community |
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I think that no one my age really cares that much |
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I think that the conflict between communities in NI however big or small will never disappear. |
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I think the community relations are good but there is no need for the government to provide union jack flags every year for only one day in whicH they will stay up most of the year. If it was a ireland flag it would be took down straight away and not fund |
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I think the council should be more proactive on getting people in different parts of the community in Northern Ireland, partaking in more things together. whether that is through school events, family things, environmental problems/ solutions or just gene |
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I think there are still a lot of areas that are known as 'Protestant' or 'Catholic' which can cause worry for people who are not those religions when they are in those areas |
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I think there is alot to be done in order for all communities in Northern Ireland to be able to improve relations. |
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I think there is definitely still an evident divide in the communities. As someone who loves GAA, I do own some jerseys and during the summer I was with my friends wearing one and we were told by police that we might want to leave the area as there was an |
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I think there will always be a divide in communities |
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I think there's still a lot to be done but in my school and youth group I see a lot of progress being made to include everyone and explore others cultures and backgrounds. |
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I think they are quite good most of the time |
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I think they're getting better |
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I think we should look past religious differences and instead celebrate religious similarities whilst also respecting how we are different. |
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I think young people arent as bothered about these things as adults are |
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I think younger people are now able to connect with other religions and ethnicites better than ever before in northern ireland |
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I was once walking through the town with my recognisable Catholic school uniform and I was called a Catholic slut by someone wearing a Protestant school uniform which made me feel unsafe in my own community. |
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I wasn't raised to think differently about people in other religions or ethnic groups. |
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I would [like] for religion to not be such a big thing as it shouldn't matter |
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I would like for every religion to get along, Catholics and Protestants should get along no matter what they support. |
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I would like to see more projects where different communities are educated about each other and brought closer |
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I would like to see relations improve, but I think this could take a very long time. |
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I would not |
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I'm girl, I'm a Catholic, I'm an Irish speaker and I'm from Belfast, what more chances do I have |
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I'm not 62. |
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I'm not fully aware of everything in the community, but, I would say that most of the time most people are polite to others though that is disregarding a percentage of the community. |
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I'm not sure if this counts as community relations but a lot of young people are always rude to other young people that they don't know which is an issue |
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IM TIRED OF STUPID ARGUMENTS BETWEEN PRODS AND CATHOLICS ITS NOT THAT HARD TO GET ALONG.ITS SO STUPID AND MAKES PEOPLE WHO DONT EVEN KNOW EACHOTHER RESENT EACHOTHER BECAUSE OF THE RELIGION. |
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ITS EASIER FOR CATHOLICS TO LIVE IN PROTESTANT AREAS THAN VICE VERSA |
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Idk what that means |
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If we have been fighting for this long I don't think it's going to stop any time soon |
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Impossible to fix... Until, we are able to usher in a new generation of politicians who are not oblivious to the past and insensitive to the trauma but are able to move us forward out of our tribal hatred and show us that there is more that unites us than |
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In my community I don't interact with other religions like Protestants or any Muslims or Jews etc. because my area is not very diversified. The only place I would see a wide range of religions and cultures would be in big cities like Belfast. |
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In my opinions most [people] in Northern Ireland are tolerating and respecting each other to a degree but still have prejudice about others unlike them. This may just be due to the segregation that was once in place [which instills] fear into people to no |
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In some areas you feel out of place because of the religion but in some places you feel at home it just depends on where it is and the people that live there. |
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Integrating schools is the only way to make dramatic changes in the way Catholics view Protestants and the way Protestants view Catholics. Like many other Catholic teens, I'm close to no Protestants and only ever know Protestants from where I live but I d |
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It could be better for younger kids growing up especially younger kids with disabilities |
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It depends on the people in the area and their beliefs |
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It doesn't matter what religion you are everyone should be treated with the same respect |
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It feels like you have to be in a box of a religion but I don't really identify with any |
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It feels quite static. There is still discrimination and prejudice. People are scared of change and of integrating |
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It has to be a joint effort |
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It is improving over time but parents play a big role in holding back the next generation from fixing bonds and repairing generational issues like religious discrimination |
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It is very easy to tell what type of community you are in and if you are not wanted there |
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It is very mixed |
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It isn't the nicest place always something weird happening full of junkies |
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It still feels segregated |
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It's a joke |
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It's a safe environment and friendly environment. |
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It's better in some places than others, Protestants seem more determined to fly their flags to mark territory, a local school nearby flies a union jack flag in their primary school grounds its when you see that you think things might never change |
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It's how the kids are brought up what parents are encouraging and saying to them |
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It's important for integration to become more of a key part in Northern Irish society. Not just between Protestants and Catholics, but between smaller ethnic groups and minorities so there are less stigmas around certain types of people. |
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It's too divided and doesn't know what it's doing and people only see their own ways |
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Its very inclusive where i live |
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Its very weird for community relations not a lot of people would be open about what they are saying about others so they'd just say it in their own home and gossip about stuff happening that they don't like. For example someone from a different background |
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Living in an isolated village I find I'm less observant to community relationships |
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Majority people get along together but some cause trouble |
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Maybe host more events in community centres for everyone |
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Maybe we should all come together and stop hating each other and give each other a chance and maybe it could be different |
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More celebrations on both sides eg: Protestants should be able to celebrate St Patricks day and Catholics should be able to celebrate the Twelfth without feeling judged |
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More shared education should be brought in to introduce mixed religion at a younger age. |
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Most people get along with each other, but there are still some extremists from most communities with strong opinions. |
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My Dad used to be a Protestant so some of my cousins are also Protestant and I just find it silly how people still challenge each other when it comes to religion, despite everyone just being human. |
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N/A |
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N/A - |
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NO |
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Nah |
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Naw |
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Naw not really |
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No |
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No - |
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No - |
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No I think that all is supportive of one another |
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No i dont |
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No i dont have anything else to add, i hope for equal treatment to all religions even if I myself sway towards agnostic/atheist views . |
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No not really |
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No nothing really |
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No one thats all. - |
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No thank you |
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No thanks |
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No thanks - |
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No! That's it |
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No, I don't have anything else to add or would like to say about community relations in Northern Ireland. |
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No, I have nothing to add. |
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No, I personally don't have an issue with different religion, but everyone is just so bitter nowadays that a mixed community couldn't work. |
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No, I'm good |
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No. |
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Nobody but fanatics and people with nothing going on in their life cares about where you come from, what religion you are, or even what colour you are. Most people, myself included, only care about who you are. And I think that there is nothing wrong with |
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Nobody likes each other anyway |
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Noo |
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Nope |
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Nope - |
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Nope not really |
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Northern Ireland is probably the most confusing place to live there are some areas that feel to unsafe to go, there is a strong lack of acceptance of others and simply in my area if there was shared education between Catholic and Protestant schools it wou |
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Not fond of people - who think I'm a Muslim because I am mixed |
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Not really |
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Not really :] |
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Not really no |
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Not really... |
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Not that I can think of |
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Not that I know of, no. I am not very aware of the community relations in NI. |
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Not too bad now as they were |
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Nothing |
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Nothing I want to add |
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Nothing else to say. |
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Nothing to say |
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Nothings |
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Older people are more prejudiced but younger people don't seem to be picking up the views of their parents as easily as in the past, thus younger generations generally don't care about religion and etc (from what I've seen). |
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Orange Order promotes and is sectarian |
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People annoy others cus they think it's funny |
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People are mean in school |
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People are quite rude and prejudice to lots of mixed relations in Northern ireland and aren't aware that they are doing it |
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People confuse their area, upbringing and traditional views as being Protestant when they aren't actually religious - |
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People focus on religious upbringing too much when choosing those they associate with. |
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People in Northern Ireland need to be more open about cross community relationships because otherwise as a society we will never move forward from the events of the past. |
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People need to acknowledge that times are changing and need to move on from all the hatred and sad past Northern Ireland has. It is still sad people judge people over religion such as someone judging me because my name is [name] and referring to it as a ' |
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People shouldn't still take religions so seriously now a days honestly, I think we should just get over it and work together to actually fix this country in a more beneficial way. |
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People still are intimidated by others |
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Personally I don't think it matters. Get over it |
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Politics has a lot to answer to - some are very bias to their own religion and don't want change |
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Pretty chill |
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Protestants and Catholics can get along easily but the diversity [division?] will always be there |
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Protestants and Catholics fight too much over the samller things when there are bigger problems in the country |
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Relations are better than they used to be, but still aren't the same. Catholics and Protestants would get on a lot better but some people would still be very prejudiced and would feel unsafe around those of a different religion |
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Religion tends to get in the way of everybody getting along. The sheer number of Irish flags in one area and UK flags in another shows how prejudice Catholics and Protestants are to one another. I wasn't alive during the troubles, but I can still see the |
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Right now the relations are slightly improving, but they still have a long while to go. |
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Shared education should be continued from primary to secondary |
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Social media is what stops Northern Ireland from moving on ,kids my age & younger post such shit about each other & then it carrys on & on ,so much hate |
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Some areas are still prominently Catholic and vis versa |
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Some communities still don't get along |
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Some people don't respects others choices |
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Some people my age are more open to diversity, however behaviours are taught by parents, and there is still quite a lot of hostility from people who don't know better. People my age are very easily influenced by those around them, and it feels like people |
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Speaking on behalf of myself and my community would like to see more facilities such as leisure centres for the Catholic communities such as in places like Ardoyne etc |
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St Patrick's day celebrated by Catholics only.???? |
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Tell the government to get their act together |
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The Protestant and Catholic divide is still very present even in our generation. |
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The community is good |
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The community relations are very different I've noticed with age groups,the 13-17 year olds seem to care about Catholic and Protestant. I've seen many videos of people I know going to [interface area] to fight which is just stupid and unnecessary. I also |
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The politicians in this country are the problem they can never leave the past behind always bringing it up |
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The politics of everything like the issues with the assembly etc makes everything worse. |
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The relations between different communities can be very varied either being friendly or hateful |
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The teenagers of today really care about 'religion'. However I dont think its religion they care about but actually politics and things such as what football team they support/play for. |
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The younger generation care less than the older generations |
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There could be more cross community events such as mixed awareness about different religions and cultures |
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There are faults on both sides, and it depends on how your parents have brought you up and what values they have given to you |
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There are posters and graffiti in my town that support the UVF and the UDA. I get annoyed when I see them because I don't understand how people can put such things up after all of the things that paramilitary organisations from both sides did during the |
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There are still many areas which are predominately Catholic or Protestant |
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There has been great progress about community relations in Northern Ireland and I hope that that progess continues |
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There is a big divide between white irish communities and foreign communities such as Bulgarians |
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There is a clear division within society in terms of religions eg- neighbours and even sports |
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There is quite clearly still a deep rooted hatred in some people |
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There is room for improvement but they seem better than what they once were |
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There should be more support in terms of ethnic minority integration |
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There should be no segregation in schools. There should be only mixed religion school. There should also be no segregation between gender in schools |
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There still seems to be prejudice between Protestants and Catholics, especially with "picking sides" due to the Gaza conflict (e.g flags, assuming someone only supports a side because they are Protestant/Catholic etc.), as well as some violence still occu |
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There will always be problems due to religious differences - |
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There's always going to be tension and I think its due to people's parents |
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They all don't like each other |
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They are definately improving |
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They are heightened at certain times of the year. However, I think community relations are more tense around the 12th July compared to St. Patrick's Day |
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They're good |
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They're hardly communities. I hate it here, when I come back from holidays I literally cry on the plane because I dread coming back here. The minute I turn 18 I'm going back to my parents' home country. I hope this country burns. |
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They're very good in my area and there is shared education in my area and in my school, i was just never selected for it (we were picked at random to make it fair) |
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This problem is far more prominent within extremist backgrounds and is no longer a large issue in society, however, it is still noticeable. |
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Too many foreigners |
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U always have to be careful what u wear or say in what area, it's stupid |
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Until both sides of the government can work together then there will not be any unity. The DUP allowed for Stormont to be closed for months all because they didn't win the election, which is a joke. They should respect the majority vote in the country |
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Up the IRA |
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Very racist but not openly racist. |
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Very strong community around GAA, Irish language and culture. typically if you are involved with any of this you aren't very exposed to other religious groups. what religion you identify with has as much to do with politics than anything else in my opinio |
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We need to have a more positive future for young people of all backgrounds. Improved job opportunities, better higher education opportunities with reduced fees schemes to act as an incentive to remain here to live, work and support the economy after gradu |
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While I'm not religious I do feel the pressures from those around me to feel a certain way towards different religious groups. I especially notice all of the little comments made by people around me towards Catholics and Protestants which makes me feel ve |
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While there are some extreme examples of young people being loyalists or republicans I believe a lot of people my age do not really care if someone's a Protestant or catholic as long as they are civil it doesn't matter especially on a night out |
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Will always be hate toward those who are Catholic and not Protestant and other way |
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Young people in Northern Ireland are raised in a bitter and rude culture, and since this generation has been raised on the internet, they have been exposed to a variety of different cultures. This exposure to drastically different views has raised lots of |
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i dont have anything to say |
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n |
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n/a |
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nah |
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no |
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no - |
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no - - |
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no i have no issues. |
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no. |
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none |
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nope |
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nope - |
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nope x |
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not really |
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nothing |
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very nice |
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