← Back to context Comment by Panoramix 2 years ago Absolutely, it's such an American-centric way of thinking. Which given the context is really ironic. 4 comments Panoramix Reply asmor 2 years 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 2 years ago Iirc, Irish people were not considered white and were discriminated against. wildrhythms 2 years ago Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes. lupusreal 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago Iirc, Irish people were not considered white and were discriminated against. wildrhythms 2 years ago Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes. lupusreal 2 years 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 2 years ago Iirc, Irish people were not considered white and were discriminated against. wildrhythms 2 years ago Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes. lupusreal 2 years 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 2 years ago Irish people, Jewish people, Polish people... the list goes on. 'Whiteness' was manufactured to exclude entire groups of people for political purposes.
lupusreal 2 years 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.