Before We Were White
Brian HalpinA blog and newsletter published in tandem with the Before We Were White history podcast
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 182 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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Passing Judgement
America has some unusual surnames, some of which have mostly died-out in their original home countries.
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Blonde Bombshells and "Damaged Goods"
I’m re-posting this article from a while back, to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Marilyn Monroe on the first of June, 1926.
I am asking those who are followers or supporters of our podcast to bear with us, as we are in the proce...
1959 Ford Fairlane for sale
Sometimes we separate ideas which belong together.
Sometimes we sling things together which should be kept separate (no, we’re not talking pineapple and pizza).
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Better Call Saul, and the German in all of us...
We don’t watch much TV around our house nowadays.
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As someone born at the very tail end of the “...
The Scots-Irish Did Not Single-Handedly Create America
Within 48 hours of Mark Zuckerberg's pathetic, cringe-inducing curtsy before the gold-plated iron throne of MAGA authoritarianism back in January of 2025, my feed on Facebook underwent a metamorphosis.
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Writer and producer of Before We Were White blog and podcast since Aug 2020.
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