You can't be racist against white males, sometimes you might be able to be racist against white females, but generally not because patriarchy or something.
Gonna have to ask dviss. My guess is he says no because it has to do with a white cente. But don't dare call Oden ChocolateGorilla
The one thing to come out of this is 100 years from now white males can scream about how unfair things are to people who had absolutely nothing to do with it.
Irish were treated like shit when they first came over. Now everyone lumps them in even with the whites that had it easy. I'm like 15% native American, 33% Irish, and the remaining is various white. I'm conflicted with myself because 48% of me (or ancestors) got treated like shit while the other 52% was ballin outta control
This story has angered me for days. The oversensitivity of some people cost a hard working woman her job because a black woman was humiliated for being labeled black?
Predominantly Catholic, love America but still loyal to their home country, a minor holiday primarily used by most Americans as an excuse to drink; you know, it's amazing how much of that article about the Irish in the 1800's could be applicable to Mexicans today. This section seemed particularly translatable: Obviously, anti-discrimination laws make it not quite as bad now for Mexicans as it was for the Irish then (we certainly don't have "No Mexicans Need Apply" signs), but I think the parallels are too numerous to ignore.
Quite right. And the need for labor is the same today. The thing that is alway left out of the need for labor statement is the need for low cost labor. The old saw about "Americans won't do it" is bull shit. They won't do it for the wage offered since it is below the safety net support. Let the wage rise (without government interference) util it attracts the labor and then things are working properly and no one is exploited.
To play devil's advocate, one might argue that without the welfare safety net, there would be plenty of people willing to work for very little (since it's better than nothing), and the companies would have little-to-no incentive to raise the wage they offer.
I just find it odd that Irishmen were treated like shit and no one gives a fuck or ever brings them into the conversation
I will add too, I have a very Irish/Scottish last name and have had coworkers, cashiers checking my I'd, managers etc make jokes about it or comments about quilts, drinking etc. Funny thing is.... I don't care
Perhaps but it isn't working that way is it? The government both, sets the net and allows the flood of immigrants to push down the wage.
No lie--my first "real" job was as a collector for a credit card bank, and they actually had both Hispanic-specific and Irish-specific Mastercards. Never seen anything like it before or since, but apparently it was relatively commonplace.
