Say Nothing & Irish Intergenerational Trauma
- kellygiles

- 8 hours ago
- 1 min read

After having read the stunning book on which this series is based, I watched the series premiere last night and was blown away by its ability to introduce us to an immensely complicated and painful story about resistance, betrayal, loss, guilt, fury and regret...Northern Ireland is where the intergenerational trauma at the heart of my debut memoir Killing Justice began, as that is where my Loyal Orangeman maternal Grampa Bob's best friend was killed by the IRA...but Say Nothing also, in its portrayal of how state violence can radicalize those subjected to it, provides a cautionary tale for the state violence currently being wielded in america, & especially in Minnesota of late...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOPor9hFi-4








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