Comment on May 13, 1985
orrk@lemmy.world 1 month agoyup, “white” is a completely artificial concept that originated in America (as in the continent) as part of the slave trade justification.
not even the Nazis had this “white” concept, in fact European racism is not along the lines of skin color
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
You realize there are at least 15 different ethnicities currently in Africa, right? Then there are also dark tones from islands, Americas, and Asia in addition. Black is also just a concept. You’re not having a “gotcha” moment, you’re having an aneurysm.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
That’s a borderline insult, and you reported them for misinformation when what they’re saying is how it really was.
I think the confusion is they’re talking about what really happened, and you’re acting like they’re saying it was right.
“White” was expanded in America to include Irish and Italians.
As they lost the majority, they’d let in more groups to maintain the majority. No one is saying that made logical sense, and those lines are arbitrary.
But that is what happened.
theroot.com/when-the-irish-weren-t-white-17933587…
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 1 month ago
I’d like you to look at this comment thread. They made the outlandish claim that Black People are the majority of prisoners in the USA, and then when corrected they said to exclude every other minority except white and black, and then when they were corrected yet again because it was still wrong with their added stipulations they said White People are not a racial demographic but Black People are.
This isn’t a discussion about the definition of white in historical contexts, this is that user Orrk making a wildly inaccurate claim and wanting to metaphorically die on that hill.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’ve reviewed the older messages and you’ve kept this going for over a week, never sourced anything, and have not been civil…
I’m not sure why you’d want a mod to look at that, but thanks for bringing it to my attention.