• WarmSoda@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    In america we refer to our families by their heritage. Italian American. Irish American. Etc.

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      1 year ago

      Italian American. Irish American. Etc.

      My point exactly. They aren’t Italians who happen to live in America but Americans with Italian heritage. And I’m not talking about first or second generation but like “white” people in general. The concept of whiteness exists since they started to be Americans.

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        1 year ago

        I’m not really sure what you’re saying. There were no white people before the USA?