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the Irish used to be seen as a malignant group of dirty uneducated worthless immigrants. St. Patrick's Day was used as a community pride builder, but it has been quite a while since the Irish as a whole were seen as a separate race to demean. ZMost people seem to lump in Irish with "white folks" in general.
There are still many who do not see Italians as "white" though.
The current wave of Latino immigrants are from over 3 dozen different nations, with irreconcilable differences in culture. I wonder how the priviledged class will eventually assimilate them?
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