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    I don’t think so. I found a source that says ‘that its origin lies in borrowing the color of the reason for the flood of Irish immigrants into the USA in the 19th-century – flight from the Black Blight – the Potato Famine of Black ’47, a memory seared into the consciousness of the expatriate Irish who survived in America.’ This is a term that was used fairly exclusively in the US and began around the time of the mass immigration from Ireland during the famine.

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    Name : CP31874, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Age : 33, City : Broomfield, State : CO, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
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