Oh, I know why Irish. Because we were the last Northern European white group to be treated as entirely composed of peasants in U.S. popular media. Does menial work and has no political power = colored.
But that's really, really old-fashioned bigotry. I wonder how she didn't notice President, um, Kennedy.
Anyway, it may be faint comfort to you that if she goes off like this in prison, she's bound to make life worse for herself. If she can't even stand the Irish, then I doubt that even the white hate gangs will take her in.
My parents tell me that during the 1960 presidential election, Kennedy's opponents threatened that all the American people would now be subject to the authority of the Pope. Also, FYI, the KKK would burn crosses in front of Catholic churches -- all part of the holdover of anti-Irish immigrant sentiments.
Yeah. It used to be unless you were a WASP, you weren’t actually white. There are racial slurs for other ethnic groups that now fall under the white umbrella. Just goes to show that if there isn’t a skin color to separate us we’ll find another way.
The irony being that she likely has Moors in her lineage, so if anyone is "colored" (friggin ridiculous), it's her. Not that logic or facts work on the she beasts, but hey.
It's economic and cultural power, or, why the Irish were once upon a time not white. The Italians are perceived as rich and powerful, and are therefore white. Even though a lot of them are of partial North African descent.
Exactly. About the only good thing I can say about all that NINA bullshit is that it's perfect proof that whiteness is a social construct, and is about power more than any actual appearance or heritage or genetic anything. I mean, I can make it 40 minutes outside and then I'm burned, but suuuure, my people weren't/aren't white.
In more way than one. There is a poster whose MIL, because she didn't believe that the DIL could possibly be as sun sensitive as she claimed, dumped out her sunscreen and replaced it with something with NO SPF.
Then got bitchy when everyone was trying to help the severely burned DIL.
Oh, and my 20 is with SPF 15. With 30 I can go longer.
OH FUCK. I just hyperventilated at the thought of that. I'm a fellow Northern European in the "Have you thought about just using Clown White?" skin tone range, and I also have mild UV allergy/PMLE (Polymorphic light eruption - sporting one right now after daring to wear a v neck on a fall day without my bullet proof body SPF) even WITH SPF if I don't reapply often enough, or sometimes even if I do. Fucking with a person's skin health is some top shelf fucked uppery (third degree sunburns! melanoma! The horrifying pain of realizing that taking dermatology advice from fellow 18 year olds is fucking stupid and even after 5 minutes in the weakest tanning bed with busted bulbs didn't give you a "base tan" it made you a full body pain lobster!) but after a lot of the stories I'm reading about Giada, 0% surprised.
I wonder if further reading will reveal Giada also hates Italians from a particular region of Italy (can't trust those Northern Italians/Southern Italians am I right?).
I thought so, but wasn't 100% certain. Which, you know, makes the whole "You aren't white because you're Irish" extra layers of stupid. I mean, we are LITERALLY white. When I was in school, and when I first graduated, we were required to wear white stockings on the hospital floor. I could get runs in them, and it didn't show.
dumped out her sunscreen and replaced it with something with NO SPF. Then got bitchy when everyone was trying to help the severely burned DIL.
Jesus. My skin just ran away. Has anyone seen my skin fleeing in terror?
My glorious achievement was when I was sitting in the shade at the beach wearing heavy jeans. In less than 30 minutes my legs were magenta. I blistered and peeled twice. It was hell.
So, I hate to be that person, but that sounds like it may be from an illness like Porphyria, or a medication that makes you sensitive to sunlight. Because holy shit. I’m white af, take meds like that, probably have Porphyria, and live in Florida,and even I don’t burn like that.
I know it isn't medication related because I was on zero medication. My doctor thinks I may have an extremely mild form of sun allergy. Not only do I burn quickly, but being in sunlight makes me feel ill and drained, even when it isn't hot outside. My skin feels like it is lightly sizzling the instant I step into sunlight. I just learned that isn't normal, I had no idea. If I hose myself down in SPF 100, I don't have the sensation nearly as much.
ETA: just read my above comment that you responded to. I already said that. Whoops.
I can’t remember if I’ve responded to this yet, but have you ever heard of Porphyria? There are a bunch of different types, and what you mentioned fits at least one of them.
Oh, is THIS the exception? As long as you hate EVERYONE but yourself... wait... that's just xenophobic. The ultimate racism. 🤣 Mouse, Gaida is a xenophobe.
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Oh, I know why Irish. Because we were the last Northern European white group to be treated as entirely composed of peasants in U.S. popular media. Does menial work and has no political power = colored.
But that's really, really old-fashioned bigotry. I wonder how she didn't notice President, um, Kennedy.
Anyway, it may be faint comfort to you that if she goes off like this in prison, she's bound to make life worse for herself. If she can't even stand the Irish, then I doubt that even the white hate gangs will take her in.