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> And that's just describing inter-ethnic conflicts among White Americans They're not white until they're normalized. Ben Franklin would not have considered Ge
by drewcoo 2y ago
> And that's just describing inter-ethnic conflicts among White Americans
They're not white until they're normalized. Ben Franklin would not have considered Germans to be white.
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Similarly, Hispanic did not exist until the late 20th century. People who used to be white became Hispanic as the group was othered.