• FarFarAway@startrek.website
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    7 months ago

    Man, that guy had quite a life! Bet he was a hit at party’s.

    …Back when you could actually be anything you wanted to be. How romantic!

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          7 months ago

          12 of the first 28 Presidents of the USA (which is the time Fitzgerald was doing his thing) had Irish heritage. 3 of them were first generation Irish (parents born in Ireland). Most of the police force of NYC was stereotyped as being all Irish by this point.

          Yes, there were areas and times they were disadvantaged, but don’t even compare it to women and non-whites at the time.

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      7 months ago

      Today he’d be a stunt man, which you can still absolutely do