"The Irish became white in the 20th century" - Ezra Klein, "Vox" Who can forget that stunning scene in "Gone With the Wind" in which Scarlett's last name is revealed to be "O'Hara" and she is immediately sold into slavery?https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/7/30/17505406/trump-obama-race-politics-immigration …
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@ezraklein of "Vox" ignorantly repeating Noel Ignatiev's retcon propaganda about the Irish not being white until the 20th Century be rightly seen as an insult to the actual suffering of blacks and American Indians in U.S. history?4 replies 12 retweets 87 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @Steve_Sailer @ezraklein
Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson chronicles how Irish and Scottish Protestants were the most vociferous Know Nothings. Anti Irish sentiment had nothing to do with Irishness and everything to do with Catholicism. Irish as non-white is a myth
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Replying to @MrDet81 @ezraklein
Nobody hates the Irish like other Irish.
9:35 PM - 2 Aug 2018
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