Being Irish (and Catholic) was basically as significant back then as Obama being black. Like the Celtic race had "arrived" - at the doorstep of whiteness. Kennedy might have been "the guy" who broke that barrier. That doesn't mean he negated its existence, then or now.
Being Irish (and Catholic) was basically as significant back then as Obama being black. Like the Celtic race had "arrived" - at the doorstep of whiteness. Kennedy might have been "the guy" who broke that barrier. That doesn't mean he negated its existence, then or now.