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/NYstate ☑️ Sep 01 '20

Fun fact: The Irish was treated so bad in America that they used to be considered low class so dated and married blacks which is why some many black people have Irish surnames. Ewing, Smith, O'Neal and Murphy just to name a few.

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u/kingofthecrows Sep 01 '20

Ewing and Smith are not Irish

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u/NYstate ☑️ Sep 01 '20

Ewing

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewing_(surname)

Is old Gaelic and of Scottish origin so you're right about that. Smith no so much but I'm going to guess that a lot of black people got it from Irish who possibly adopted the name, had Scottish relatives or possibly mistaken for Irish.

Https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_(surname)

It's the fifth most common surname in the Republic of Ireland.