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In 21st-century America, Burke suggests the term "Black Irish" has been used in America to stress the idea that Irish people (and therefore Irish-Americans) are exclusively white. By stressing the idea that "Black Irish" can only refer to white Irish people with black hair, Irish people of Black racial origins are marginalised. [1]
The African American Irish Diaspora Network is an organization founded in 2020 that is dedicated to Black Irish Americans and their history and culture. Black Irish American activists and scholars have pushed to increase awareness of Black Irish history and advocate for greater inclusion of Black people within the Irish-American community. [233]
Black Irish, 2017 music album by American singer-songwriter Shannon McNally; Black Irish, 2007 independent film by Brad Gann; Black Irish Band, American folk music musical group; Black Irish Books, publishing house of American author Steven Pressfield; Black Irish Elm, wych elm cultivar originally discovered in Ireland
Many people born in the 20th century have claimed Black Dutch heritage, sometimes in addition to Native heritage. [5] Unlike families in Pennsylvania or Virginia, most of the mixed-race Black Dutch families of the Deep South have English, Scots, or Irish surnames, and have no German ancestry in their families. [5]
This is a list of notable Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American-born descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article and/or references showing the person is Irish American .
Beginning in the 1840s, negative assessments of the "Irish character" became more and more racialized. Irish people were considered brutish and (like black people) were often compared to simians. The "Celtic physiognomy" was described as being marked by an "upturned nose [and] the black tint of the skin".
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Racial and ethnic demographics of the United States in percentage of the population. The United States census enumerated Whites and Blacks since 1790, Asians and Native Americans since 1860 (though all Native Americans in the U.S. were not enumerated until 1890), "some other race" since 1950, and "two or more races" since 2000. [2]