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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Second generation and beyond Italians aren’t visually discernible from other white people, at least to the average American.
Some people may dress or talk a certain way that still subjects them to some discrimination. But if you see a second generation Italian guy walking down the street you’re not gonna know it like you would a lot of other races.
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