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I dunno if you're being sarcastic but if not there used to be a stark divide between pale wealthier white people (indoors) and poorer tanned white people (outdoors). Having a tan put you in a lower caste. Apparently this was such a noticeable thing you could visibly tell which people in Pennsylvania were German or English
That’s not necessarily an ethnic difference. I’m sure if you kept the Germans indoors 23 hours a day they wouldn’t be “swarthy”.
Seems more like a class divide to me
Yeah pretty much. Franklin wanted all non-Anglos to be a lower class in America.
yes but he gets to decide how he's racist and if anyone could make him believe in only rational things he wouldn't be racist