the long 19th century was a time when racism was an adventure. in that age when yt ppl were at their most tricknological, quirked up kkkrackas were launching new expeditions in caucasity at unprecedented levels. this is the yakubian years: episode vi israel-by-the-semliki - ThreadSky

jazzpomegranate.com • 417 days ago

the long 19th century was a time when racism was an adventure. in that age when yt ppl were at their most tricknological, quirked up kkkrackas were launching new expeditions in caucasity at unprecedented levels. this is

the yakubian years: episode vi
israel-by-the-semliki

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katie.bzky.team•417 days ago

banger

colophon.bsky.social•129 days ago

"Yakubian" has been so installed in my vocabulary that at least one coworker picked it up from me

jazzpomegranate.com•417 days ago

settler colonialism has been the primary strategy of the british colonial project since the tudors conquered the island in the 1540s. the irish were subjected to the suppression of their culture and language as well as the consolidation of their lands into plantations run by anglican landlords.

jazzpomegranate.com•417 days ago

correction:

jazzpomegranate.com•417 days ago

as religious tensions mounted in the decades leading up to and following the english civil war, the colonies in north america provided a societal safety-valve, allowing religious dissenters as well as catholics to flee and found their own societies based on their own principles.

jazzpomegranate.com•417 days ago

while colonization was a convenient way to do away with troublesome minority groups, royal charters granting colonial holdings to these groups were largely reserved for christians of alternative denominations (like the quakers) as well as commercial interests (like the east india company).

jazzpomegranate.com•417 days ago

in the 1650s, when philosemitic puritans ran england under the commonwealth, oliver cromwell and parliament, influenced by british israelism (the belief that english people are one of the lost tribes of israel), reversed the 1290 edict expelling all jews from england and permitted resettlement.

jazzpomegranate.com•417 days ago

while conditions in england were not ideal (full jewish emancipation didn't occur until the mid-19th century), the general philosemitic climate in the british isles was more welcoming than the holy roman empire, encouraging migration.

jazzpomegranate.com•417 days ago

it was into this climate that nathan meyer von rothschild moved when his father, a prominent frankfurt banker, sent him to england to strike out on his own. after running a small business in industrial manchester for nearly 20 years, he founded the nm rothschild & sons bank in london in 1811.