My point being that "whiteness"/"the white race" is - and was always - a social construct. Over the last century and a half, many previously vilified groups (Irish, Italians, Southern Europeans, Jews) have been allowed into the club.
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"How The Irish Became White"
https://archive.org/details/HowTheIrishBecameWhite/page/2/mode/2up