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[–] 49 points 2 months ago (10 children)

History is filled with people who were promised that we would pretend they were white if they just sold out everyone they cared about. Hasn't actually paid off yet.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (6 children)

    The Irish might be an exception there. See How the Irish became White by Noel Ignatiev.

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    People forget it was only like a century ago when Irish and Italians weren't white enough for the wasps.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Depends where you're at, my family doesn't like the eye-towel-yans for some bizarre reason I've never been able to find out, but I guess that would be expecting racism to make sense.

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