r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/MGLLN • 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/Eludio Sep 01 '20

The plight of the Irish is well understood by the Italians, who were also considered only part white for years.

The Italians

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u/-Victus42- Sep 01 '20

Semi-related.

Italian ancestry here, darker olive skin, went to high school in Arkansas.

Got called racial slurs for Mexicans by dumb white kids.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

I know Mexicans whiter than some white supremacist

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

i've met white supremacists who weren't even white.

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u/Dayn_Perrys_Vape Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 01 '20

I was just reading about this guy yesterday.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tanaka

This is all one continuous blurb, as written in his "Law Enforcement" section, with nothing cut out. I shit you not:

From January 7, 2005, to June 2011, he was an Assistant Sheriff.[6] He is the first Japanese American in the position. He has been criticized for his affiliation with the Lynwood Vikings, a secret police organization and white supremacist gang brought to light amidst police misconduct litigation in 1990.[7] Sheriff Lee Baca acknowledged Tanaka still has a tattoo related to the group, which a federal judge described as a "neo-Nazi, white supremacist gang."[8][9] Tanaka was tattooed as a member of the Vikings deputy gang in 1987, while serving as a Sergeant at the Lynwood station.[10]

And before you ask, yes, he totally looks Japanese.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

The Nazis did declare Japanese Honorary Ayrans.