Comment by Panoramix 1 year ago Absolutely, it's such an American-centric way of thinking. Which given the context is really ironic. 4 comments Panoramix Reply asmor 1 year ago It's not just US-centric, it is also just wrong. What's considered white in the US wasn't always the same, especially in the founding years. bbkane 1 year ago Iirc, Irish people were not considered white and were discriminated against. wildrhythms 1 year ago Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes. lupusreal 1 year ago Benjamin Franklin considered Germans to be swarthy, LmaoAnyway, if you asked Gemini to give you images of 18th century German-Americans it would give you images of Asians, Africans, etc.
asmor 1 year ago It's not just US-centric, it is also just wrong. What's considered white in the US wasn't always the same, especially in the founding years. bbkane 1 year ago Iirc, Irish people were not considered white and were discriminated against. wildrhythms 1 year ago Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes. lupusreal 1 year ago Benjamin Franklin considered Germans to be swarthy, LmaoAnyway, if you asked Gemini to give you images of 18th century German-Americans it would give you images of Asians, Africans, etc.
bbkane 1 year ago Iirc, Irish people were not considered white and were discriminated against. wildrhythms 1 year ago Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes. lupusreal 1 year ago Benjamin Franklin considered Germans to be swarthy, LmaoAnyway, if you asked Gemini to give you images of 18th century German-Americans it would give you images of Asians, Africans, etc.
wildrhythms 1 year ago Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes.
lupusreal 1 year ago Benjamin Franklin considered Germans to be swarthy, LmaoAnyway, if you asked Gemini to give you images of 18th century German-Americans it would give you images of Asians, Africans, etc.
It's not just US-centric, it is also just wrong. What's considered white in the US wasn't always the same, especially in the founding years.
Iirc, Irish people were not considered white and were discriminated against.
Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes.
Benjamin Franklin considered Germans to be swarthy, Lmao
Anyway, if you asked Gemini to give you images of 18th century German-Americans it would give you images of Asians, Africans, etc.