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minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoI mean, they were white by our modern standards but if you read writing at the time, the Irish, Italians, Greeks, etc were often not referred to or considered to be white. The Irish were also literally fleeing a genocide.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoWhich I already offered the explanation that they were technically white while not darker skinned like some italians yet still prejudiced against. Ok?
I mean, they were white by our modern standards but if you read writing at the time, the Irish, Italians, Greeks, etc were often not referred to or considered to be white.
The Irish were also literally fleeing a genocide.
Which I already offered the explanation that they were technically white while not darker skinned like some italians yet still prejudiced against. Ok?