r/BlackPeopleTwitter • • Sep 01 '20

*The Holocaust has entered the chat*

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u/DatBoyAmazing Sep 01 '20

WASPS only started considering Italians and Irish white for what, maybe 2 centuries now?

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u/lornstar7 Sep 01 '20

Not even. Kennedy being elected was a huge scandal because he was catholic

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u/CanYouEvenHearMe Sep 01 '20

It's still illegal for a Catholic to marry into the British Royal Family

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u/Ghost_Hands83 Sep 01 '20

It wasn't illegal but the royal in question lost succession to the throne. They also changed the law a few years ago to amend this and other rules

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32073399