The Irish people are "not" white people? How so?

[Dept of PMM Artists & things]

I know this is going to be difficult for you to hear (or it

the Celtic people had laid claim to the European lands,
may be meaningless to you), but I ask that you hear
this is the era where the Anglo-Saxon Germanic tribes
me out. Regardless what you may have been taught,
(self-declared "white" people) were invading the
Celtic people are no more a part of the white people
European continent (and were declaring white
community than Jews are. In fact, their history as a
supremacy even as far back as this - if you didn't get
people is strikingly similar to Jewish history - to include
conquered and slaughtered by them, then you were
the modern inter-societal problems existing today in
expected to become absorbed into the "white" culture
both nations. It's been awhile since I've studied Celtic
and give up your ethnic identity - hence, the eventual
history, so dates wise I'll attempt to be somewhere in
creation of the term "WASP - white anglo saxon
the general ball park. But, here is a little of the history.
protestant").
The Celtic languages (Irish, Scottish) are offshoots of
By this 5th century CE time period, the Celtic people
African tribal languages. And, before settling in Europe,
had already given up their warrior lifestyle for the
the Celtic people lived in the Middle East (@ 6 BCE).
literary, and were attempting to educate the warrior
The Celts were a powerful group of warrior tribes that
tribes that were entering their lands. But, far too many
conquered lands as they moved west toward, first, the
Anglo-Saxons were coming into the land and there
Greek empire and then, eventually, Europe.
intent was to conquer rather than be proselytized.
Somewhere around the end of the 4th century BCE,
These invading tribes learned what the Celts had to
the Celts invaded the Greek empire and originated the
teach them very well (thus became proselytized,
country now known as Turkey.
nevertheless) and, then, used this very teaching for
In the Greco-Roman Christian bible the Celts of Turkey
their crusades against Israel, Spain and, ultimately,
were referred to as the Galatians, who the first
(being unsuccessful with those campaigns) against
Christian missionaries (seven centuries later) tried to
Ireland (unfortunately, they devasted the Celts and
Christianize very unsuccessfully. The word Galatian in
turned them into slaves). To this very day, the Irish and
the Christian bible is a very close approximation of
Scottish people are fighting for their independence
what the Celts of Turkey called themselves. Having still
from the Anglo-Saxons, and it doesn't help that the Irish
yet the nomadic nature, descendants of the Turkish
are still having inter-tribal conflicts like there ancestors
Celts moved on from Turkey and eventually settled in
of so many centuries before (protestants versus
Europe, finally settling in Ireland (@ 350 BCE). It would
catholics, this is what they call it now). And, then came
not be until the fall of Rome and Greece around 5 CE
the modern plague that nearly wiped out the Gaelic
(approximately 900 year later), that the Irish Celts
speaking Irish natives of Ireland (@ 19 CE). But,
would take an interest in Christian literature. And, if the
fortunately for the world Celtic culture is on the
Irish people had not taken this literary interest, then
rebound, the history is being remembered, and the
Christianity would have become an extinct religion. For
native languages are still being spoken and taught (they
an understanding of this time period, 9 centuries after
now have schools for this purpose in Ireland).

 

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[Kim Jurey]

HAHAHA!!! I love this!!!

[Shell Gal]

Amazing info for this Lassie...