Do you consider Irish people white?

[Lochinvar]

Who would you consider whiter?

Tom Jones looks a lot different without the spray-on tan:



When he was younger he didn't wear his hair permed into a frizzy afro either:

[ABest]

Yes, they are the fairest of them all. Their North-Atlantid-ness makes them even more iconic in my books.

Don't forget that Snow-White was the fairest of them all as well, and had pitch-black hair.



Generally, they have an amazing Celtic heritage, which makes their history richer than their jealous Germanic counterparts.

The Germanics are just too jealous...

They can't handle the heat.

[ABest]

Also, for anyone claiming that they didn't participate in the Renaissance, I will remind them that they illuminated the Saxons with their Insular Art. They were, therefore, the first locals to implement Roman culture in Britain and thus enlightened the vicious invaders.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_art

[Lochinvar]

Yes, they are the fairest of them all. Their North-Atlantid-ness makes them even more iconic in my books.

Don't forget that Snow-White was the fairest of them all as well, and had pitch-black hair.


Generally, they have an amazing Celtic heritage, which makes their history richer than their jealous Germanic counterparts.

The Germanics are just too jealous...

They can't handle the heat.

The Germans are Johnny-come-latelys. They were still struggling to extricate themselves from the Balkans when Gallic tribes were perfecting their artistry in Hallstatt and La Tene.

[HispaniaSagrada]

Not only are they white but some of them are pretty hairy, too.

[alb0zfinest]

Yes. Unless we are going by 19th century American mindset then no.

[rhiannon]

This was the case in America around the late 19th century.

Truthfully, the Irish are about as white as it gets if one is going by phenotype.

Culturally, there is no such thing as white, really. I suppose if you follow mainstream culture in the US, one could be called culturally white. That's about it, though. In Europe, there is no such thing as white culture.....everything is based on ethnicity and the mores/folkways of said ethnicity.

[American_Hispanist]

This was the case in America around the late 19th century.

Truthfully, the Irish are about as white as it gets if one is going by phenotype.

Culturally, there is no such thing as white, really. I suppose if you follow mainstream culture in the US, one could be called culturally white. That's about it, though. In Europe, there is no such thing as white culture.....everything is based on ethnicity and the mores/folkways of said ethnicity.

^ this post.

[ChocolateFace]

Of coarse. Anybody who said otherwise was probably joking.

[Anglojew]

[QUOTE=liamliam;1571805]I was told by another member that Irish people are not considered white, do you agree/disagree with this, and do you think they are of a different race to other Northern Europeans. Obviously I think they are completely white, but I'd like to see what the general opinion is.[/]

Silly question. Irish are as white as it gets.