disadvantages faced by Catholics in the mid 1960s
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Catholics were discriminated against in the mid 1960's in many ways, which involved social, political, and economic problems. All of these problems were totally based on Religion. It was a 'war' involving Protestant Unionists and Catholics Nationalists.
In the mid 1960's, Northern Catholics were alienated by Unionist discrimination. They felt there was no place for them in the North and there was no point joining the government of the province. Unemployment was high and Catholics were much more likely to be unemployed than Protestants.
Protestant Unionists used their political power to help their own community due to the fact that they were the greater majority. 2/3 of the Northern Irish population was Protestant leaving 1/3, a Catholic minority. Therefore, in Northern Ireland, Protestants had the most power. Since they were the majority, they had control of the Parliament in Northern Ireland called Stormont Parliament...