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The Irish were (are) colonized. They were originally an out-group, but were subsumed into "whiteness" at a later point in history.
Vampirism represents this assimilation.
But now he's a colonizer (in the film)
The Irish today are some of the most respectable people against colonization. Just see their solidarity with Palestinians.
To paint them as colonizers seems wrong and offensive
Remmick had been "trapped" in the US for centuries. It's about how oppressed become oppressor through assimilation, which many irish americans did
This tracks with having him being hunted by Native Americans in his introduction.