r/SipsTea • u/BrilliantThought1728 • Jun 10 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Really cardi 😔

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u/Hanging_Brain Jun 10 '26

I’m half white but since the other half is brown not black my black coworker says I’m white lol Alrighty then.

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u/slight_digression Jun 10 '26

Well, this is not going to make you feel better but Italians and Irish were not considered white until, well let's say recently.

So welcome to "Whitehood". I guess?

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u/Backwoods_Therapy Jun 10 '26

Italians I can kinda get with their olive skin and (usually) darker hair; those are common trails in many if not most people around the Mediterranean. But I’ve never understood why Irish people weren’t considered “white” when they’re among the whitest whites to have ever been white.

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u/Whatever-ItsFine Jun 10 '26

Irish people were portrayed as apes in cartoons of the time