"White is not a race. It’s a social invention for the purpose of social control."
Oh, nonsense. Just because a lot of people of European extraction have some genes of other races mingled in doesn't mean that "white" is an invention for social control. That is postmodernist nonsense. Yes the world has a long history of colonialism and r…
"White is not a race. It’s a social invention for the purpose of social control."
Oh, nonsense. Just because a lot of people of European extraction have some genes of other races mingled in doesn't mean that "white" is an invention for social control. That is postmodernist nonsense. Yes the world has a long history of colonialism and racism but that doesn't mean that people got together and secretly created a fictitious white race out of nothing just to control others.
Although technically/legally, the term "free white person" included Eastern Europeans, Irish, Italians, and Jews, ethnically those groups were certainly seen as different & less than other white ethnicities, and were treated accordingly i.e. subject to gross generalizations/racialization and excluded from holding sociopolitical power. The idea of "whiteness" here is that white anglo-saxon protestants held the most power for the longest period of time in the US. Not so much about genes but about (perceived) ethnicity.
"White is not a race. It’s a social invention for the purpose of social control."
Oh, nonsense. Just because a lot of people of European extraction have some genes of other races mingled in doesn't mean that "white" is an invention for social control. That is postmodernist nonsense. Yes the world has a long history of colonialism and racism but that doesn't mean that people got together and secretly created a fictitious white race out of nothing just to control others.
Although technically/legally, the term "free white person" included Eastern Europeans, Irish, Italians, and Jews, ethnically those groups were certainly seen as different & less than other white ethnicities, and were treated accordingly i.e. subject to gross generalizations/racialization and excluded from holding sociopolitical power. The idea of "whiteness" here is that white anglo-saxon protestants held the most power for the longest period of time in the US. Not so much about genes but about (perceived) ethnicity.
My grandfather personally experienced NINA, No Irish Need Apply.