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Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by cjbprime on Thursday May 17, 2018 @05:27PM (#17096065)
"Being white"'s an interesting phrase to use, because I don't think Irish (or Italians at a different point) were considered white at the time they were being discriminated against here. It shows how much whiteness is socially constructed.
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Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by raverbashing on Thursday May 17, 2018 @05:50PM (#17096287)
They were considered white. (Italians and Greeks weren't though)
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Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by cjbprime on Thursday May 17, 2018 @06:21PM (#17096594)
Hm, it's easy to find credible claims that they weren't, e.g. https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/when-iri...
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Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by jandrese on Friday May 18, 2018 @11:06AM (#17102039)
The racists of the day were apparently quite progressive. They couldn't even see the color of the person's skin. It's almost like race is more of a social construct than a biological one.
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Re:US Births Dip to 30-yr Low; Fertility Rate Sinks Further ... by loggedinmyphone on Saturday May 19, 2018 @02:44AM (#17106925)
Or more accurately, that racism is a social construct.
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