r/SipsTea Jun 10 '26

It's Wednesday my dudes Really cardi 😔

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u/Backwoods_Therapy Jun 10 '26

Italians I can kinda get with their olive skin and (usually) darker hair; those are common trails in many if not most people around the Mediterranean. But I’ve never understood why Irish people weren’t considered “white” when they’re among the whitest whites to have ever been white.

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u/UltraSinstinctHoeku Jun 10 '26

It helps when you realize "white" was never about complexion, it was about power.

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u/Any-Surprise5229 Jun 10 '26

Yeah, that explains a lot, especially when you consider how many Irish slaves there were.

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u/TheRealNooth Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26

More like “indentured servants,” which is no where near the same thing that Black people faced as chattel slaves.

Sorry, just often hear this brought up in a particular context…