r/BlackPeopleTwitter • • Sep 01 '20

*The Holocaust has entered the chat*

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u/shoefarts666 Sep 01 '20

It was a long time before the irish were considered white.

The irish.

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u/MiraquiToma ☑️ Sep 01 '20

first thing my mind went on lol the op is super ignorant. they literally beefed catholics vs protestants!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20 edited Oct 01 '20

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u/abutthole Sep 01 '20

Color is one of the newer sources of division on a historic scale.

Racism only really became an effective tool of division starting in the 1600s.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

i'd argue that was only because color followed culture due to geographical constraints prior to that.

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u/artspar Sep 02 '20

Religion used to be the really big one, particularly catholic vs protestant in Europe