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Originally Posted by raulus
Along similar lines, my great-grandfather immigrated to the US from Northern Italy in 1901, along with his 3 brothers. Looking at some historical maps of the tiny town where he ended up in Northern California (Philo, for those who know Anderson Valley), a section of town was labeled as "Itey-Town", where the Italians lived.
I think I also read somewhere that Italians were not viewed as white until the 50s or 60s. Certainly my dad was called by Italian ethnic slurs as a kid in the 50s and 60s. Although I suspect that still happens to some extent today with just about every ethnic group, given how kids are at school.
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This is a confronting sentiment. If it took 50 years for Italians to be considered "white", imagine how long it would take for black people.