Irish woman living in US for decades detained by immigration officials
MehBlah @ MehBlah @lemmy.world Posts 0Comments 1,376Joined 1 yr. ago
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The Irish were not considered white until around 1930 or so. When the demographic shifts in the US required we be white in order to stave off the dreaded brown folk. The old bigot who lived next door to me growing up called me a tater tot until her dying day. I remember my grandfather talking about how one day he had bankers basically offering him a loan. Up until that point he was treated like shit at the bank.
Just go to http://www.rsdb.org/search?q=Irish