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How did "white people" become one race in the United States when there used to be so many nationality distinctions? (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

More like an AskEthnicStudies question.
Ingroups and outgroups have been useful for a long time. If you're in, you can use that as a cudgel against those that are out.

Irish, German, Italian, Spanish all used to be considered in the outgroup. Now, they're not, and have enjoyed the advantages of whiteness over the past decades.

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