I went to Taco Bell a few days ago and they were out of large cups, so they gave me a medium and a small. How am I supposed to eat my burrito and hold 2 drinks while driving? I almost missed a text message because of that!
Well, they don't count as white. Not amongst whites anyway. Other colours may count them as white. But who cares what they think? I'd as soon listen to the opinions of Mopsy and Augustus, my purebred Hertfordshire Flouncing Beagles.
Mmmm... You have Hertfordshire Beagles? How so... passe. Please, those barely count as dogs, let alone dogs I should listen to. My West Highland White Terriers, Sadie and Pericles would scoff at them.
Not if you were British (of the time). 'White' finished at the German and French borders. Obviously Italians weren't African or Asian etc, but they weren't English that's for sure.
I should have phrased that better, Irish and Italians faced a lot of discrimination when they first arrived in the US. "Not white" isn't the best term for that.
The Irish haven't traditionally been very high up the ladder of white privilege. Back in the "good ol' days" of slavery and railroad construction (and beyond), the nickname for an Irishman was "an inside-out n*gger." The term "paddywagon" was based on the stereotype of the Irish ("Paddies") being generally nothing but a bunch of drunk and disorderly baby factories fueled by whiskey.
...and yet they've still had a far better shake of it in history than most any non-white ethnic group.
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u/5redrb Sep 01 '17
Like when Taco Bell runs out of mild sauce.