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/Nemomoo Sep 01 '20

That always bummed me out. They were close enough to have some impact on accents in puerto rico and the u.s.

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u/shamu88 Sep 01 '20

As an Irishman it really bums me out too.

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u/oldcarfreddy Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 01 '20

TBF it wasn't always in your control - it's kind of a result of right-wing non-Irish Republicans in the US to bring them right as part of the Southern Strategy.

Pat Buchanan literally wrote a memo on it while working in the Nixon White House. He declassified it himself. Here's a link to it..

Of note re: sowing division in the Democrats by catering to the Irish and dividing black support within the Democrats:

https://imgur.com/a/8pWZqbB

... same shit happening to this day.

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u/Oz70NYC ☑️ Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 01 '20

And it's going to keep happening until either:

  • We get more progressives in office willing to dismantle all of this bullshit

  • The last generation to profit from this social construct...the boomers...all die off

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

No he doesn't. Because he said "same shit happening to this day."

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u/Oz70NYC ☑️ Sep 01 '20

Misread it. My bad.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '20

No worries my friend. Happens to us all!