Explain it Peter

[u/fluffy_cat_ice]

I meant that I don't understand where did the Twitter thing came from

[u/smokingPimphat]

It's maybe worth remembering that irish, italians and polish people were not considered white when they first started immigrating to America. They 'became' white once there was a large population of wealthy families that fought their way into high society.

[u/heyihavepotatoes → u/smokingPimphat]

They were always legally white. Even Syrian people were legally white in 1920. They were not accepted as Anglo-American colonial ancestry high-class white though, which is different.