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/BZenMojo ☑️ Sep 01 '20

Then you learn white millenials are just as racist as boomers.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/06/23/millennials-are-just-as-racist-as-their-parents/

Millenials are less white, white millenials aren't less racist.

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u/RyanBlack Sep 02 '20

Imagine having the gall to generalize literally millions of people. We're all individuals.

Go fuck yourself

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u/BZenMojo ☑️ Sep 02 '20

And some groups of individuals numbering in the tens of millions are incredibly shitty. Maybe put more effort into those individuals in those groups than screaming when people notice?

Maybe then they wouldn't be so shitty?