Excellent points. I’ve never really thought of the expansion of whiteness as a process of class collaboration but it makes sense.
I have an inkling that even Irish and Southern Europeans have only been considered white for 20–30 years or so. I vaguely recall reading this somewhere but I forget where. I’m thinking Tariq Ali, but I could be wildly incorrect. From experience, though, even within my lifetime, I remember hearing anti-Irish jokes in school. Either way, hard to get Ireland and Greece to tank their economies in favour of Germany, France and Britain unless the decision-makers feel some kinship with their counterparts in the rest of the EU.
Excellent points. I’ve never really thought of the expansion of whiteness as a process of class collaboration but it makes sense.
I have an inkling that even Irish and Southern Europeans have only been considered white for 20–30 years or so. I vaguely recall reading this somewhere but I forget where. I’m thinking Tariq Ali, but I could be wildly incorrect. From experience, though, even within my lifetime, I remember hearing anti-Irish jokes in school. Either way, hard to get Ireland and Greece to tank their economies in favour of Germany, France and Britain unless the decision-makers feel some kinship with their counterparts in the rest of the EU.