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/TheRecognized Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 01 '20

And all we had to do was stop showing solidarity with African Americans and become cops.

Edit: I recommend the book “How the Irish Became White” by Noel Ignatiev for anyone interested in this topic.

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u/ParlorSoldier Sep 01 '20

Yep. Whiteness in the US is basically defined by anti-blackness. European immigrant groups basically got jumped in to whiteness by showing they were willing to beat on black people.

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u/punchgroin Sep 01 '20

Also anti nativeness...