This discussion reminded me of the book by Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, which looks fascinating. I haven't actually gotten around to reading it. Race isn't really a scientific category. The anthropologists tell us that we're all descended from a small group of hominids in Africa some 100,000-150,000 years ago. We're all Africans.
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This discussion reminded me of the book by Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, which looks fascinating. I haven't actually gotten around to reading it.
ReplyDeleteRace isn't really a scientific category. The anthropologists tell us that we're all descended from a small group of hominids in Africa some 100,000-150,000 years ago. We're all Africans.
-ye old perfesser