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[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

In the '20s, people considered Irish immigrants not to be white. It's a meaningless label that people subjectively change the definition of just to other those they don't like

[–] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 3 hours ago

Irish people are like physically some of the whitest people in existence. All the Celts, Germanics are up there, very fair skin, starved of vitamin d for ages presumably they developed that skin to produce more when they did get sun.