reminder that the irish, the pastiest motherfuckers alive, were considered inferior for centuries
not just that there were theories that the Irish were secretly black people
Fun fact: per DNA evidence at archeological sites, at least some peoples of Ireland several thousand years ago did have dark skin. And at least sometimes, blue eyes.
Doesn’t make the line you’re mentioning less dumb and racist, I just think it’s interesting that they could be slightly right about a part that really just reveals holocene humanity was more interesting and varied than we usually think.
All people on both british islands are decendants of king mil of galicia(spain). That is were the mame morarity comes from
That’s not surprising at all Europe has a long maritime history and is next to both Africa and the middle east.
