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[–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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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  • [–] 4 points 2 years 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)

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