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[–]EuropeanAwakening14 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Except those populations were allowed to immigrate to the US under the 1790 immigration act and laters laws which specified only Whites could immigrate.

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    [–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Yes and he's clearly just wrong. See my other comment as this has already come up. Franklin was clearly talking out of his ass or hadn't actually ever really encountered many people from the places in Europe he describes as 'swarthy'. He was a sperg sperging out.

    Also his comments don't amount to the entirety of racial views in America at the time. They weren't policy they're his own private opinions and they're silly. White always meant to most Americans European and just because Franklin and many others did not want to be swamped in a sea of German immigrants and Germanized does not mean they weren't White. White people frequently have problems with other White people it doesn't mean they stop being White.