Whiteness is a 19th century concept designed purely to exclude certain, typically immigrant, groups. It’s why Irish, Italian, or Slavic people weren’t historically considered “white,” or why white supremacists today can’t agree on whether Hispanics, Jews, or Indians are “white.” It’s entirely arbitrary. They could have just as easily made a racial category based solely around hair or eye color.
Every white person comes from a specific ethnic background, be it German, British, Swedish or whatever. These are all high caste cultures in western European imperial tradition. A common identity among the various ethnic groups in the northern kingdoms. Idk how anyone would think German and British are the same ethnicity just because they are neughbors.
Bullshit. I might be considered white today, but my ancestors wouldn’t have been[1]. And my particular Eastern European “white” culture has relatively little overlap with other European (French, Spanish, Italian, etc.) “white” cultures.
If I identify with any ethnicity or race — which I very barely do — it’s Slavic, not white.
“those word definition games don't work any more now that people have gotten on to the trick”
Saying it doesn’t make it so. Maybe go educate yourself instead of tumbling down a white supremacist rabbit hole.
[1] From Wikipedia article on Anti-Slavic sentiment: “Slavic peoples were considered to be people of an ‘inferior race’ who were unable to assimilate into American society. They were originally not considered to be ‘fully white’ (and thus fully American).” Same goes for Irish, Europeans of a darker complexion, etc.
