In greater seriousness, I know the whiteness literature is a little out of fashion right now, but it's hard for me to look at 19th century art & not conclude that Anglo-American WASPs racialized Irish Catholics.
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Some people have noticed that the woman (Bridget McBruiser, an example of Irish depravity from Samuel Wells' 1866 New Physiognomy) looks like the Grinch. That's not an accident.pic.twitter.com/Z1Oq2aezjl
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One compelling argument made by
@philnel is that Dr. Seuss used ethnic stereotypes not just for human characters but also as the basis of various fanciful or anthropomorphic creations like The Grinch & Cat in the Hat.pic.twitter.com/uL9lurkER4
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This is not - I want to be clear on this - an argument for delisting or cancelling the Grinch or Cat in the Hat. The stereotypes they were built on are so distant & suppressed that they are really invisible (or almost so) to contemporary readers. But it's good history to know
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So, something I didn't know:the simian Irish imagery continued for as long as X-Men #28 (1967) with The Banshee. (Created by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth).https://twitter.com/Jezzerat/status/1373149788586319874 …
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they look like orcs
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It looks like the signature on the second picture says "Sullivan", which is an Irish surname. Peculiar.
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That's T.S. Sullivant. He specialized in ethnic cartoons.
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I'm guessing Italians weren't portrayed any better during this time.
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