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Race & Ethnicity

mahina

(19,213 posts)

7. And darkly funny

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 07:58 PM

Apr 2021

From whence came the sparkle in our eyes, our light hearts and laughter, the endless pleasure in gathering friends to feed them and drink and tell stories?

My Irish grandparents and mother made everyone feel happy to be alive and around them.

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10,000-years-ago Irish Hunter-Gatherers Were Dark-Skinned. [View all] elleng Apr 2021 OP

In school we were taught that there was no word for a black person, OnDoutside Apr 2021 #1

Sounds odd, but notice that much/many REALLY dark black pics/hair/etc elleng Apr 2021 #2

What, no freckles? Wicked Blue Apr 2021 #3

LOL! elleng Apr 2021 #4

Conan O'Brien quote: "My people don't tan, we implode." nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2021 #11

"Black Irish" was an insult by anti-immigration forces back in the 1800s. keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #5

I was told my father's side of the family are I_UndergroundPanther Apr 2021 #6

And darkly funny mahina Apr 2021 #7

Lovely! elleng Apr 2021 #8

The face in the picture in the article is stunning. Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #9

So interesting cate94 Apr 2021 #10

IDK dandrews Nov 2021 #12

How do you know? BumRushDaShow Nov 2021 #13