Britain shifted Ireland from racial toward national oppression after 1801.

Evidence

The Act of Union also marked a turning point in British colonial policy in Ireland from racial to national oppression, a shift which required sacrificing the Protestant Ascendancy in order to gain the support of the Catholic bourgeoisie. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 136

Categorization

• QUESTION: This regime shift (racial to national oppression in Ireland) poses the inverse case of the book’s project — status descent rather than ascent — worth chasing for the reader’s comparison of category reclassification drivers.
• XREF: connects to: Ireland was Britain’s first colony and the Irish its earliest racialized group. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 325; English racialism predated and shaped the proletarianization of the Irish — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 18; English colonization discourse fixed racist images of the Irish as savages needing rule. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 243 (+8 more)

Broader Connections

• England answered the 1798 Irish Rebellion with direct colonial rule #corroborates (0.85) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 242
• Ireland was Britain’s first colony and the Irish its earliest racialized group. #expands (0.82) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 325
• Post-Union free trade reduced Ireland to a dependent agricultural sector of England. #expands (0.80) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 252
• English colonization discourse fixed racist images of the Irish as savages needing rule. #qualifies (0.78) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 243
• English racialism predated and shaped the proletarianization of the Irish #complicates (0.75) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 18
• The 1801 Union reduced Ireland to a rural, dependent economy. #expands (0.75)
• British colonial devastation made Ireland a primary labor source for British factories #expands (0.74) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3852
• Racial categorization first targeted Ireland through internal colonialism #corroborates (0.72) — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 26
• The Penal Laws made Irish Catholics an oppressed race in Ireland. #qualifies (0.72) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 127