Even Irish radical movements reinforced the white solidarity under Jacksonianism.
Evidence
The Irish were by no means passively obedient to the official Democratic Party, but even in those cases where Irish and other white radical movements stretched the Jacksonian consensus, they did not challenge, and often reinforced, the white solidarity that underlay it. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 289
Categorization
- XREF: Parallel to why protection-seeking groups police their own radicals against solidarity with the excluded. — connects to: Early unions operated as schools teaching Irish whiteness — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 412; The Democratic Party taught Irish immigrants the meaning of whiteness. — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 286
Broader Connections
- Early unions operated as schools teaching Irish whiteness
#expands(0.85) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 412 - The Democratic Party taught Irish immigrants the meaning of whiteness.
#expands(0.85) — Noel Ignatiev, How the Irish Became White, 286