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Lots of people don't really think the Romani are white, frankly. But as generations of "white" Americans have learned, if you dress from the JC Penney or Sears
by kaitai 11y ago
Lots of people don't really think the Romani are white, frankly.
But as generations of "white" Americans have learned, if you dress from the JC Penney or Sears catalogue, forbid your children from learning their ancestral language, and forget your cultural traditions, you can be white too! It works!
- mortenjorck 11y agoI was astonished when I first learned that in the United States, it wasn't until partway through the 20th Century that people of Italian or Jewish ancestry were considered "white."
- htns 11y agoIsn't that a myth? Like pink and blue supposedly previously having been associated with the reverse genders.
- shrewduser 11y agonot a myth, although popularly touted as a myth by people to whom this fact is inconvenient. it's very easy to google examples of racism towards irish and italian immigrants. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=irish+need+not+apply&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj3_NvU0KzMAhVIKpQKHRDbC-YQ_AUIBygB&biw=1920&bih=955 https://www.google.com.au/search?q=irish+need+not+apply&sour... here's where the "myth myth" started and was easily debunked by a high school student http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/High-school-student-disproves-professors-theory-that-No-Irish-Need-Apply-signs-never-existed.html http://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/High-school-studen...
- htns 11y agoBut that just confirms it as a a myth - "I really hate the Irish, so I'll pretend they aren't white"