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Irish are the only 'colored' White people?

posted 18 years ago by welkinson
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I am using the word "colored" only as a quip against the word "white". I am doing this for two basic reasons: 1. the Irish call themselves "the blacks of Europe", and 2. they are the only "white" people treated like the rest of the world (colonized).

That being said, do you agree with the statement? I can't imagine anyone who would disagree. The Irish are the only "white" ethnic group that were colonized, that were butchered, and treated like sh*t. The British created policies so that way situations like the Famine could occur. The British often practiced colonial practices on Ireland before "outsourcing" it to the rest of the World.

I think it is safe to say the Irish can "pass" (ha, a subversive use of the racist term) as one of the rest of us, don't you? ;)

[–] Captain_Wesker 9 years ago

Hey, look at the hooks
on your pants makes you wanna dance.
I say yeah yeah,
I say yeah yeah.
There ain't never a catch, all you got to do is snatch,
do the velcro fly,
do the velcro fly.

You need just enough of that sticky stuff
to hold the seams of your fine blue jeans.
I say yeah yeah.
I say yeah yeah.
There ain't never a catch, all you got to do is snatch,
do the velcro fly,
do the velcro fly.

Well, it feels so right when you squeezed it tight,
when you reach the end do it over again.
I say yeah yeah.
I say yeah yeah.
There ain't never a catch, all you got to do is snatch,
do the velcro fly,
do the velcro fly.

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It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing .

[–] plusplus (467) 4 years ago

The Irish are the only "white" ethnic group that were colonized, that were butchered, and treated like sh*t.

For starters, you might want to check the etymology of the word "slave".
Slavs are white.