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Race & Ethnicity

OnDoutside

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1. In school we were taught that there was no word for a black person,

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sat Apr 24, 2021, 06:08 PM

Apr 2021

which I still can't reconcile. The word black in Irish is dubh ( bh is pronounced as a v.... hence duv). However we were taught a black person was a "duine gorm", where duine is person and gorm is blue. So a blue person.... odd.

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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