Slavs aren't white.

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[–]literalotherkinNorm MacDonald Nationalism 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

"white" actually means Anglo-saxon American, in the strictest historical definition.

No it didn't. If you're talking about the American context alone -- it definitely never meant that in Australia -- it meant Europeans. The first immigration bill Congress ever passed limited migration to 'Free Whites of good character' and at the time there Europeans coming in from Britain and NW Europe so obviously White didn't just mean Anglo-Saxon or no one else but Anglo-Saxons would have been able to migrate.

[–]proc0 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Well then that's Australian white. The origin of the American term comes from when the majority of people where of Anglo-saxon descent. The story told now is that it kept expanding to include Europeans, but I think that is a twisted version of history.

The term was always used to mean the original Americans that arrived from England. Then society in America started taking steps towards being "color blind", so it did't matter and the term was not used as much, but now thanks to hateful people that term has been revived but not in its original form, and they lie about what happened. As an example, many Latin Americans would be considered white now, but definitely not a few decades ago. The reason is because now it is based on a combination of skin tone and politics.

[–]EuropeanAwakening14 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ok, first of all, thenoriginal.colonies consisted of English, Germans, Scots, Swedes, Irish, French, etc. They were all considered White and were allowed to immigrate under the 1790 immigration act which specified only Whites could immigrate. Race and skin color are not the same thing. Political beliefs do not determine race. It is a biological phenomenon.

[–]proc0 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

thenoriginal.colonies ... 1790 immigration act

At the point they weren't colonies anymore. I'm saying originally you had the Pilgrims and then people from England as the majority in the colonies, and then the war of indepence happened, and then other immigrants started coming over. At that point "whites" and "blacks" was very specific to whom it referred to. We speak English after all. Yes, there was immigration, but I'm pretty sure the vast majority of immigrants started coming well after the founding of the country.

Race and skin color are not the same thing. Political beliefs do not determine race. It is a biological phenomenon.

I agree. I was saying this is what the current status quo is, thanks to the left, and woke-ism. People might deny it, because the terms are meant to be twisted and meant to confuse people. They have changed the definitions of the terms on purpose, so now it's not just your bioligical race, it's a combination of your skin color and your beliefs. It used to be you are Latino if your family comes from Latin America, but now if you don't align with the politics (and call yourself Latinx, which is a fucking disgrace), you are also white, especially if your skin is light. Same applies to other races. It's called "double speak". They use a term with wrong deifnitions on purpose. Normies get confused, grow afraid, and then just conform, because they're normies.