White people needed to learn about that time a nearly genetically identical group was racialized, then colonized, genocided, and their lands were razed by a neighboring country. Ireland was the first of many nations to undergo colonialist genocide perpetrated by England. England's global colonization activities formed the basis for modern racism. It's why Ireland was deforested. The exploitation of Ireland's farmland was why the potato famine, and the famines before that, happened. Racism is pretty stupid, but I can't think of a stupider example other than old timey anti-Irish racism. I thought that if more white people learned the recent history of Ireland they would become more sensitive to racial injustice and act in solidarity with people of color more often. I only thought this because I listened to the Behind the Bastards episode about Ireland's last famine, the potato famine/great hunger. Then I got obsessed with my Irish nobleman ancestor because he was mentioned in it and the scammer I talked to said stuff about my ancestors, that they had an important message for me, and I was supposed to be a healer.
I also thought I was related to the host of the podcast, Robert Evans. I thought I had a similar role as him, to "bring the darkness into the light and expose it". Behind the Bastards is about villains of history and current events; dictators, cult leaders, sex criminals, serial killers, war criminals, etc. It talks about who they were and how they did what they did. Also genocide and how it happens in general. He's a great investigative journalist who has seen some shit and I respect him a lot, but we're not related. I almost reached out to him through email and made things weird.