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Topic	America when it was 90% white people
hollow_shrine 10/28/18 11:08:29 PM #36:	America was never 90% white people. We just didn't legally recognize the huge volumes of black people living in slavery. The moment they became full citizens post civil war, they had a large enough influence they voted into office our first black members of congress. The backlash from that brief moment of freedom was what would become Jim Crow. And the other posters are right, during much of that time the concept of 'whiteness' didn't include Irish people, Italians, Eastern Europeans, Jewish people, etc. --- Ignorance is a choice https://imgtc.com/i/7UnK3hx.jpg <cite>hollow_shrine posted [p:911359537] in America wh... [t:77143321]...</cite> <quote>America was never 90% white people. We just didn't legally recognize the huge volumes of black people living in slavery. The moment they became full citizens post civil war, they had a large enough influence they voted into office our first black members of congress. The backlash from that brief moment of freedom was what would become Jim Crow. And the other posters are right, during much of that time the concept of 'whiteness' didn't include Irish people, Italians, Eastern Europeans, Jewish people, etc. --- Ignorance is a choice https://imgtc.com/i/7UnK3hx.jpg</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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