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Hekate

(90,189 posts)
93. Someone here is really looking for the Pity Party, Assimilated White Ethnicity Chapter
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 09:22 PM
Jul 2017

And I don't mean Name Removed.

Every group that came in large numbers had a hard time, sometimes viciously hard. Irish, Italians, Jews, and many more -- all of us have an ancestral story, and I am not going to belabor mine.

The big difference between those of European descent and what's loosely called POC these days is that within 2 generations nearly all European-Americans are assimilated and considered White by default. I don't know where that one poster gets his "Italians were not considered white until 1978" shtick. In 1953 my husband and his family left Europe with their religion stamped on their papers; in 1964 they moved from NY to California, and as he told me with amusement in later years, he left New York a Jew and arrived in California an Anglo.

A sense of humor and a sense of proportion help.

My husband calls him Corleone. [View all] calimary Jul 2017 OP
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"Going for granite?" What does that even mean? MineralMan Jul 2017 #2
same thing yesterday HAB911 Jul 2017 #3
Yes, I remember. MineralMan Jul 2017 #4
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It's a matter of coincidence that Tony the Tongue MineralMan Jul 2017 #20
Very well put. cwydro Jul 2017 #33
Agree, including the thank you. Hortensis Jul 2017 #35
I, too, am a pretty diverse sort of mutt. MineralMan Jul 2017 #38
People like to believe that it does not exit. LiberalArkie Jul 2017 #59
Well the Italian Americans here obviously take offense Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #30
See this link: MineralMan Jul 2017 #37
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And you, sir, have gone too far Hekate Jul 2017 #89
This entire OP is a travesty Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #90
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Sorry, anyone who voted for Trump was NEVER a liberal. Blue_true Jul 2017 #62
Welcome to DU, BarbaraFritche! calimary Jul 2017 #5
I don't get it. He's NOT good looking to me at all. cwydro Jul 2017 #10
It's the dead eyes Hekate Jul 2017 #17
Yeah, that for sure. cwydro Jul 2017 #25
Agree, he looks a little creepy to me. SharonClark Jul 2017 #92
Hi Mary Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #12
Ditto malaise Jul 2017 #23
Heavens.. hlthe2b Jul 2017 #6
LOL at your typo 'ethic shaming' n/t leftstreet Jul 2017 #8
ha! well, I think we can all agree that this new Trump croney has no ethics, so shame away! hlthe2b Jul 2017 #9
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Barbara you go for it! Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #31
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So. You have gray hair and a PhD Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #44
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I find I don't believe a word of that. Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #76
You sure are putting up quite. A fight to maintain the right Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #64
Iam :cough: Italian. Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #79
Really? Are you fluent? Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #80
No. Three times. Yes. English is technically my second language. No. Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #81
Too bad then. Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #82
Uh, its not racism. Italian is an ethnicity or a nationality, not a race. Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #83
Sorry chief, we were not considered "white" here until Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #84
Oh my. calimary Jul 2017 #53
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I'm so glad you're here to set DU straight. Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #11
Goodness. Really? Try reading extensively for awhile... Hekate Jul 2017 #13
Well said! peggysue2 Jul 2017 #41
+1 dalton99a Jul 2017 #61
What the fuck ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #16
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I think that DUer did just that. Completely agree. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2017 #42
On Friday, he said "Everyone loves Trump"! greatauntoftriplets Jul 2017 #55
Yes indeed ismnotwasm Jul 2017 #58
Win hearts and minds? usedtobedemgurl Jul 2017 #19
The rule at DU is if you have an Italian surname Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #22
No. You're talking about Hollywood stereotypes leftstreet Jul 2017 #24
Have you not been paying attention? Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #28
You're not wrong, it's just not important leftstreet Jul 2017 #32
What are you on about? Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #46
I am unhappy with the mob stereotypes perpetuated here Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #63
I am really okay with not being considered white. Why aren't you? VermontKevin Jul 2017 #68
I am not white. I am of Mediterranean descent. Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #69
300 Black people died in Greenwood. Are you trying to claim New Orleans was worse for Sicilians? VermontKevin Jul 2017 #71
Not at all, but they did pass a law prohibiting Italian immigration to America Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #72
We don't face that anymore. It just isn't comparable. VermontKevin Jul 2017 #73
We don't face that anymore be use people.like MY FATHER fought it Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #74
Well, I'm gonna be glib and stupid and go eat. My daughter made eggplant parm. VermontKevin Jul 2017 #77
And really, do you even speak Italian? Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #78
I speak Siculu. It's what actual Siclia' speak. "Italia?" VermontKevin Jul 2017 #86
We are piemontese on Dad's side, Calabrese and piemontese o. Mom's Drahthaardogs Jul 2017 #88
Piedmontese? And you talk of Sicilians? VermontKevin Jul 2017 #91
Please explain when the lynching of 2 Sicilian prisoners is determined, the largest mass lynching in MiddleClass Jul 2017 #95
Take your threats someplace else MiddleClass Jul 2017 #67
I think this post is offensive to granite. n/t gldstwmn Jul 2017 #29
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It's kinda like POC having license to use words, often lovingly, Hortensis Jul 2017 #40
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"Low level of discourse," lol. Oh, yeah. Open, free forums are great, Hortensis Jul 2017 #54
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So this is what's been foremost in your thoughts? SO foremost that you joined DU to post this? Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #47
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Yah Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #50
Trolls, trolls, and more trolls Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #75
Right. He's much like Jared and Ivanka in that way: well-polished, well-spoken, attractive... Hekate Jul 2017 #14
Yep malaise Jul 2017 #21
We call him Tommy DiVito from Goodfellas (Joe Pesci) George II Jul 2017 #26
Who is based on a real character, Tommy "2 Guns." Simone MiddleClass Jul 2017 #66
Quite a telling thread, here. Stinky The Clown Jul 2017 #49
Someone here is really looking for the Pity Party, Assimilated White Ethnicity Chapter Hekate Jul 2017 #93
I think the family name here has gotta be Gotti. dchill Jul 2017 #51
Pence reminds me of the cartoon character on Johnny quest TEB Jul 2017 #56
My husband says - Scott Farkus' Toadie JustAnotherGen Jul 2017 #70
I call him the Trump Propaganda Minister n/t CousinIT Jul 2017 #85
Disgusting line of opposition - bigoted cadmium Jul 2017 #87
This thread is sad. I thought that posters on a liberal site wouldn't fall for ethnic stereotypes SharonClark Jul 2017 #94
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