IBM, Lionsgate, the European Union, and, reportedly, Apple, have all pulled advertising from X following Elon Musk’s apparent endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory. Experts say it could soon get much worse.
This is the answer. Being “white” in the US didn’t have much to do with your skin tone. It was more closely linked to ancestry, religion, and class.
The Irish or Polish weren’t “white” but that didn’t mean that anyone thought they were Black. My understanding of the Indian caste system is incomplete, but it seems like a closer model to the racist hierarchy in the US than anything else I’ve seen.
WASP and have the receipts (DAR membership, for example)
WASP and no one can say otherwise (named Smith or Jones)
WASP adjacent (Protestants from Germany, Scandinavia, etc.)
Catholics and Orthodox Christians
Jews
POC. Depending on location, your mileage will vary but you’re still at the bottom
Anyone who wasn’t an Anglo Saxon Protestant was a second class citizen in America for a loooooooooong time.
This is the answer. Being “white” in the US didn’t have much to do with your skin tone. It was more closely linked to ancestry, religion, and class.
The Irish or Polish weren’t “white” but that didn’t mean that anyone thought they were Black. My understanding of the Indian caste system is incomplete, but it seems like a closer model to the racist hierarchy in the US than anything else I’ve seen.