Discrimination/colorism within the "white" community?

Question

Discuss the divisions within the "white" commnity. Do ethnic whites look down on thier "White" American counterparts? Are there fueds between German and Irish Americans, are certain whites deemed white by blacks not "white enough" by "whites"?

Answer 1

I live in England. They look down on the Polish. In some cases Southern Europeans and Turks are not considered white. Italians are looked down on in Northern Europe because they are "dark" and "swarthy". In Russia the Armenians and people from the Caucus regions aka Caucasians are beaten up routinely by Nazis and white supremacists. Non-pure white Russians are called "blacks" and their shops and houses are often bombed by the "whites".

Answer 2

Color doesn't matter: there are divisions within each and every group. Are you "family"? Are you rich and the other one poor? Are you educated/uneducated? There are "feuds" between each and every group by religions, ancestry, vocation, you name it.
But, that has nothing to do with being "white"; it happens amongst the Japanese, the Chinese, the Koreans, the Vietnamese...between the Bantis and the Zulus. It's human nature.
Another point: I dare you to find ANYONE who is of one "pure" race, let alone a specific ethnic group. The other day, someone was asking why Americans can't tell the difference between Scots and Irish. Considering they both came from the same tribes and are similar, of course Americans can't tell the difference. I can't tell the difference between different Filipino tribes, or different African tribes or tell who might be a Kush!
Let's face it: to the "whites", all persons with any "black" ancestors are "black". Does that make any sense? No.
Unfortunately, that's the way people are. By the way, cats, dogs, chickens, horses, cows...all do the same thing!

Answer 3

I have never personally encountered this unsettling phenomena within the white community based upon the color of skin (with the exception of biracial) but have seen many times it morphing into a “geographical” distinction. For example I have seen "white" Irish discriminated against by "white" Germans. Very interesting question however, and only highlights that racism in any form eventually starts to consume itself.

Answer 4

Tomcat said it all..."The term "white" is being used very loosely in the United States. Some Arabs claim to be white on official documents and most Jews also do so. But Italians say people of these group are not white, they are middle eastern people. Again, Irish people insist that Italians, Greeks, Spaniards, French are latin people, not white. The Anglo-Sexon people did not accept Irish as white until recently because of their African ancestry. In turn, Nordic people claim that the only white people are themselves because, so called white English and Germans have Roman ancestry which isn't white. But alot of nordics have some Eskimo ancesters in them and Eskimos aren't exactly white. So who is rightfuly white?"

Answer 5

Good question. Cannot wait to see the answers posted by these. I don't see enough of the white on white, or just plain white questions asked by whites, but they sure race bait about Black people a lot.

Why don't they make negative reference to themselves? Why does the tyrade never end with them whites.

Answer 6

That's ridiculous.
White is white and black is black.
Germans and Irish and any others are all Americans.
Just as blacks should be, instead of African-American.
Don't they just want to be Americans too?

Answer 7

there is none of that petty crap going on, whites don't talk about 20 different shades of white, we are way above skin color, we don't have 10 classes of "good hair", we know a person by their character, their personality, their intelligence, that is what matters to a white person

Answer 8

There are dems and Republicans, Irish, Greeks, Swiss, Canadians.........I never really thought about anyone that way.

Answer 9

No, that doesn't really exist, at least not where I'm from, and not based on heritage as far as our European ancestors. I know there are percieved socio-economical divisions, like "white-trash." Whats funny to me, is that if you look at many asians, they are whiter than white people.

Answer 10

Oooh, Nothinggus, then that would mean that all whites are black too. :) Do you know where it all started? You sure you want to go there?

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