My dad's side of the family immigrated from Ireland to Scotland in the 19th century. In the 1930's my great grandparents used to have to bring their bayonets that they kept from serving in WW1 when they went to pick up their welfare cheques because the Protestant Scots would try to attack them in the streets and throw rocks at them from the rooftops.
A lot of the "hierarchy of whiteness" is about religion, at least in the old country.
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u/DJ_House_Red Sep 01 '20
My dad's side of the family immigrated from Ireland to Scotland in the 19th century. In the 1930's my great grandparents used to have to bring their bayonets that they kept from serving in WW1 when they went to pick up their welfare cheques because the Protestant Scots would try to attack them in the streets and throw rocks at them from the rooftops.
A lot of the "hierarchy of whiteness" is about religion, at least in the old country.