How the Irish Became White

I’m using this space as a container for my longer Mastodon threads, pending a better way to do this.

This was the fifth thread following a discussion on the difference between being white and being a white supremacist (which I’d previously posted here on Medium).

How the Irish Became White (pitt.edu)

Early American Immigration Analysis | Shmoop

White immigrants weren’t always considered white — and acceptable (andscape.com)

Working Toward Whiteness: How America’s Immigrants Became White: The Strange … — David R. Roediger — Google Books

How Native American Slaveholders Complicate the Trail of Tears Narrative | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine

See other conversations:

Four Problems with White Supremacy

What Was the American Civil War About?

Key Themes Across the Massacres

Yes, the Party Switch Happened