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This is the exact book the myth is based on. Here’s a debunk of the book: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/03/22/sorry-but-the-iris
by tjs8rj 4y ago
This is the exact book the myth is based on. Here’s a debunk of the book: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/03/22/sorry-but-the-irish-were-always-white-and-so-were-the-italians-jews-and-so-on/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...
It’s pretty simple: the book doesn’t mean “white” like white, you know the actual definition of the word. It means “white: having the most rights”, which isn’t the definition at all and is deliberately misleading. It pretends like being white a priori makes one immune from discrimination.
Irish people were always considered white, they were also discriminated against more than anglo-Saxons. Both of these are true. The only reason this would be hard to comprehend is if you have the warped view that American history is just white supremacy (clearly many whites didn’t have it so good).
- soheil 4y ago> It means “white: having the most rights”, which isn’t the definition at all and is deliberately misleading So what is the definition then?
- weakfish 4y agoWhite skin?
- soheil 4y agoPlease read the book.
- CyberDildonics 4y agoYou can't expect people to go off and read a book just to prove your point for you.
- soheil 4y agoI just don't think this is the right forum to discuss this.
- CyberDildonics 4y agoYou're already discussing it, maybe you don't want people to reply.
- tjs8rj 4y agoThe definition of white is that same as that for any other racial group: a member of the white racial group, determined by a combination of lineage, how one is perceived, how one perceives themselves, and more. It can be complicated, and so is usually just determined by a “I know it when I see it” test, or self identification. But certain hard rules like where your ancestry is from and how your parents race is exist. Not only is it racist, there’s also no sense in tying extra garbage like “level of discrimination” to the definition of white - it just doesn’t match up to observed reality. White people have been enslaved, white people are discriminated against in many countries where they aren’t the majority, white groups receive varying levels of discrimination even now. These facts don’t make a person any more or less white.