william z. ripley had good this outcome in 1908, fearing above all the inharmonious, that's his word, the inharmonious nick fan of italian men and irish women. [laughter] by the now would have been forced to reconsider his prediction that such a racial mix would make americans likely. we have artists in the lowering of racial boundaries starting in the 1940's when ethnic began replacing race as applied to this descendents of european immigrants. the use of racial groups for white people has become a more advanced category partly because white people urso maxed out. finally the perquisites of mere whiteness count for less in the present situation of the stigma of blackness was just one job suffice to curse the white looking individual also seems less mortal. back in the 20th century white people were soon to be rich or at least middle-class as well as more beautiful, powerful and smart. george bush did away with that. [laughter] sorry. that is not in the book. too late to stuff it back in. as citizens a