Italian Americans used to face a lot of discrimination but now Italian hate in America is virtually non existent. How did this happen? Is it possible for this change to happen for other marginalized groups?
Edit: You don’t need to state the obvious that they’re white and other minorities aren’t, we all have eyes. Also my definition of discrimination was referring to hate crime level discrimination, I know casual bigotry towards Italians still exists but that wasn’t what I was referring to.
Anyways thank you for all the insightful answers, I’m extremely happy my post sparked a lot of discussion and interesting perspectives
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I think it could have a lot to do with millions who served during WW2. Guys who may have hated catholics and Italians, but never really knew any, all the sudden were spending a lot of time with guys who’s grandmas cooked a mean spicy meatball. They counted on them when the chips were down and built this trust and love that went pretty far to undermine their prejudices.
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