luigi dantome and the north end,make room for jerebko

[merkins]

Why don't you just call us guineas? Italians will always be treated differently. For some reason we don't get any sympathy when harassed. Italian stereotypes are so accepted and it's disgusting.

I do think youse guize make the best breadsticks in the business at Olive Garden!  Lighten up…

[Celtics18]

Never mind the pasta.  Where can you get this stuff in Boston?:

[BornReady]

  sorry but what prejudice-the only person i ever met that doesn't like pasta is my best friend and italian from revere--

Dude you called us pasta lovers and the godfather and stuff. Of course that's prejudice against Italians.

I agree
I'm not Italian but I wouldn't tease another race or say something if it offended anyone esp in a public forum

Just cuz a race hasn't had a significant amount of racism and prejudice against them like African Americans doesn't make it socially acceptable to use stereotypes and prejudice about them

[BornReady]

Italians will always be treated differently. For some reason we don't get any sympathy when harassed. Italian stereotypes are so accepted and it's disgusting.

They did fine in the Roman Empire Days.  I think they are treated ok these days, every ethnic group could say that at some point.   The Irish were viewed as sub-humans by some in the 1800s.   

Good luck, changing it with a victim's mentality.

I am a direct descendant of the Juli family too.

It has to do with the fact that Italians were not discriminated as harshly as African Americans and native americans with their history in slavery in America and throughout the world

People think it is socially acceptable to use stereotypes with races that were less discriminated against

Other groups that are treated disrespectfully because of this include Indians, Asians, Irish, Hispanic etc

[hwangjini_1]

  sorry but what prejudice-the only person i ever met that doesn't like pasta is my best friend and italian from revere--

Dude you called us pasta lovers and the godfather and stuff. Of course that's prejudice against Italians.

I agree
I'm not Italian but I wouldn't tease another race or say something if it offended anyone esp in a public forum

Just cuz a race hasn't had a significant amount of racism and prejudice against them like African Americans doesn't make it socially acceptable to use stereotypes and prejudice about them

but the italians WERE discriminated against, violently and overtly for a long time. simply because it has waned or changed doesnt make it less prejudiced.

but this brings up another point. in the US these days most of us are trained to recognize and avoid racist statements about African Americans. but we are often oblivious to our racism towards other groups.

to show this, reread this thread. but in every case where "italian" appears, replace it with "african american" and alter pasta to read watermelon or fried chicken.

once you do this, it becomes clear that the prejudice is there. "they" become a single group with shared charactistics that allow "us" to make blanket statements about "them." they cease to be individuals, but are rendered as "just one more of that group."

another way to see whether a project us racist or not is whether it confirms stereotypical views held by outsiders towards members of that group.

so far, this thread seems to do a depressing good job of that.

[MBunge]

People think it is socially acceptable to use stereotypes with races that were less discriminated against

Seriously?  Italian-American victimhood in 2015?  Is someone next going to chime in with "It's hard out here for a WASP"?

Mike