People so strongly want to believe groups like Italians were considered non-White when they arrived in the U.S. that they will conflate being treated poorly with being treated like they're another race.
Every time I've mentioned this, I've gotten that same asinine response.
Every time I've mentioned this, I've gotten that same asinine response.
The people who make this argument seem to desperately want people to think that groups can become White and that the conflicts of the past were all racial.
But no.
The Irish, for example, were disliked more for being corrupt Catholics and public drunks than for being non-White.
But no.
The Irish, for example, were disliked more for being corrupt Catholics and public drunks than for being non-White.
This is from my latest article. Notably, I wrote that blurb and then people immediately commented with the wordplay angle that mistreatment is equivalent to being considered another race.
cremieux.xyz/p/european-imm…
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And yes: corruption perceptions did have a major element of truth to them. The Irish were behind a lot of major political corruption in early America.
https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1724951685695480085
In some cases, the antipathy was reversed.
Individuals like Boston's mayor Curley hated native Anglo-Saxon Americans, but even then, the hatred was not to do with either group considering the other non-White.
Individuals like Boston's mayor Curley hated native Anglo-Saxon Americans, but even then, the hatred was not to do with either group considering the other non-White.
https://x.com/cremieuxrecueil/status/1889175746196709640
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