• SparrowHawk@feddit.it
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    20 hours ago

    Maybe the social meaning of ethnicity is really relative to the racist empires they’re situated in and not on some sort of inherent value

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      14 hours ago

      yea, its because the Italians (and Irish, Chinese, etc as well) generally came to America later and were poorer than the British/French/Germans etc were, so they were often discriminated against (plus the mafia thing, but that also generally comes from being poorer)