• Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    Cultural gatekeeping. Imagine considering say, Irish and Polish culture the same thing, simply because of the average pigmentation of their populous’ skin. Sounds… I don’t know, I think we have some word for it…

    • frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mlOPM
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      2 months ago

      So many things wrong with it…

      • The ‘white unity’ rhetoric

      • The ignorance. Like when has Ireland had a skin-colour-based identity? Our identity is half about fighting whites.

      • The scare quotes

      • Then just the reddity phrasing, “Hate to break it to you pal

  • FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world
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    I doubt the person who wrote that snark knows this, but Irish culture has been decimated since the English language was forced on the place. It remains a fire hose of Anglo culture that has risen rapidly generation by generation.