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10. That was even true in the 1870s when my paternal ancestors immigrated from Germany

Reply to former-republican (Reply #7)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:31 AM

Oct 2012

They were regarded as Germans, foreigners. Their Mennonite faith put them in another outsider group.

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Famous White Americans [View all] Bucky Oct 2012 OP

Not to be obtuse, but what is the purpose of this thread? dballance Oct 2012 #1

I had the exact same thought. Jamastiene Oct 2012 #2

I can see where you'd get that from, sadly enough. Bucky Oct 2012 #14

It seems pretty humorous to me maxsolomon Oct 2012 #39

One thing about white people.... Bucky Oct 2012 #67

President O should be on this list & the African American list & skeewee08 Oct 2012 #3

You are actually right for another reason - at least in the South dballance Oct 2012 #5

Actually they went (informally but consistently) by the "one drop" rule. Bucky Oct 2012 #15

I think your thread is pointless and racist. n/t darkangel218 Oct 2012 #4

I think your response is spigotty at best slackmaster Oct 2012 #6

whats a spigot? n/t darkangel218 Oct 2012 #8

It's a faucet, tap, valve, stopcock, or bung slackmaster Oct 2012 #9

ok thanx :/ nt darkangel218 Oct 2012 #11

Tsk, tsk. I'll sure the word police don't like "bung." FSogol Oct 2012 #13

TP FOR MY Bunghole! Aerows Oct 2012 #19

Hehe...huhu..hehe PD Turk Oct 2012 #18

Glad to see Aerows Oct 2012 #20

:) PD Turk Oct 2012 #30

Alfredo, marinara, or pesto? Bucky Oct 2012 #16

Pesto is an abomination. Alfredo is OK only if it isn't made with cream. slackmaster Oct 2012 #49

LOL, I have helped introduce new words into the DU lexicon snooper2 Oct 2012 #22

So it was your word. Hutzpa Oct 2012 #29

snooper2 is an unrepentant pedagogue slackmaster Oct 2012 #48

How is it racist? Bucky Oct 2012 #17

It's like a big gubba thread snooper2 Oct 2012 #35

Gubba? What's a gubba? Bucky Oct 2012 #55

It is true that unless you were from English descent you were not considered white in early America former-republican Oct 2012 #7

That was even true in the 1870s when my paternal ancestors immigrated from Germany slackmaster Oct 2012 #10

and true when my grandparents immigrated from Ireland in the 1890s. n/t FSogol Oct 2012 #24

that would probably be more of a language thing hfojvt Oct 2012 #31

My grandfather was born in 1895. Only German was spoken in the house when he was a child. slackmaster Oct 2012 #51

I have German and Irish in my ancesrty PD Turk Oct 2012 #32

Famous verbal exchange from The Godfather. Jack Woltz and Tom Hagen... slackmaster Oct 2012 #50

Yes, but then again, the Irish invented "passing as white" Bucky Oct 2012 #66

I thought this was interesting in the article former-republican Oct 2012 #12

Ed Gein! porphyrian Oct 2012 #21

I LOL'd. TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #23

David Duke! porphyrian Oct 2012 #25

Al Capone! porphyrian Oct 2012 #26

Al Capone is an Italian American. nt Hutzpa Oct 2012 #33

...so...? n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #34

Did you read the article Hutzpa Oct 2012 #46

Are you attacking me now? porphyrian Oct 2012 #47

Of course not, did I come across as that? nt Hutzpa Oct 2012 #53

it was probably the burst of Tommy Gun from the Bently's running boards Bucky Oct 2012 #56

Chalkies!! Erose999 Oct 2012 #27

Jim Bakker! porphyrian Oct 2012 #28

Ronald Reagan! hfojvt Oct 2012 #36

...damn...! porphyrian Oct 2012 #38

I want to say something about Vermont's white population cali Oct 2012 #37

John Wayne Gacy! porphyrian Oct 2012 #40

David Berkowitz! porphyrian Oct 2012 #41

General Custer! porphyrian Oct 2012 #42

Is that wig dude Cotton Mather or J.S. Bach? geardaddy Oct 2012 #43

gotta be Cotton. Bach was European. Bucky Oct 2012 #61

I know. geardaddy Oct 2012 #62

I don't care for this thread. Whovian Oct 2012 #44

Frank discussions of race can be painful. I think it's worth it, the discipline of objectivity Bucky Oct 2012 #58

My own opinion is there is only one race in regards to humans. Whovian Oct 2012 #65

In the abstract I agree. It's why I self identify as ethnically American. Bucky Oct 2012 #68

You do realise there is no such thing as "ethnically American?" Whovian Oct 2012 #70

No, actually ethnicity is a fact. It's a social construct, but it's sociologically real. Bucky Oct 2012 #71

Jimmy Swaggart! porphyrian Oct 2012 #45

. n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #52

Incorrect and/or misleading information there Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #54

True. As noted in the OP, this is self-reporting information. Bucky Oct 2012 #57

I think there are a few factors at work there Spider Jerusalem Oct 2012 #59

Right. I'm probably more of Dutch stock than English, but my last name is English-origin Bucky Oct 2012 #63

Whites are considered a minority in Hawaii? How ironic. CheapShotArtist Oct 2012 #60

Nah, it's only math. Bucky Oct 2012 #64

The Irish were once considered "non-white"? Canuckistanian Oct 2012 #69