CW: xenophobia
I wanto to elaborate on this. Italians were considered unwanted immigrants in the US till not so long ago. They were lynched, imprisoned, killed. They were, similarly to Japanese people, forced into internment camps during WWII both in the US and the UK 1/? https://twitter.com/jackdaw_writes/status/1380198682092507141">https://twitter.com/jackdaw_w...
I wanto to elaborate on this. Italians were considered unwanted immigrants in the US till not so long ago. They were lynched, imprisoned, killed. They were, similarly to Japanese people, forced into internment camps during WWII both in the US and the UK 1/? https://twitter.com/jackdaw_writes/status/1380198682092507141">https://twitter.com/jackdaw_w...
Now, in the US, things are different and white Italians and Italo-americans benefit from white privilege. But this kind of prejudice against Italians still exists, to some extent, in some European countries. Southern Europe, as EE, is often considered... unworthy. 2/?
I& #39;m a European federalist, and I& #39;m far from thinking that Evil Northern/Western Europe is oppressing us, like many fellow Italians think. But it& #39;s undeniable that prejudices against Southern Europeans exist in other areas of Europe 3/?
It& #39;s... complicated. Way more complicated. You can reduce so much history, so much baggage, to & #39;a person of this heritage is an oppressore, a person of this heritage is a victim& #39;. Italy had done so much wrong. But so much wrong has been done to Italic people as well. 4/?