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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a white girl that never got any white privilege. I WANT SOME NOW !![/quote]

Yes. You fucking did.

I am a white girl too. 1st in my family to attend college. grandparents came to the US from a backwater town in Italy in the 50s, practically illiterate, dad's parents came as kids. My family still things just going to college equals having been a success. They worked blue collar jobs and still do to build lives from their initial "nest egg" of a few hundred dollars (total!). I was not "privileged" in most any sense, but guess what? I did benefit from being white because I never had to think about shit that people of color routinely have to think about growing up. There is shit I KNOW I am not even aware of that I am sure plenty of women of color take for granted as something to be considered.

Poor as shit white people in America benefit from being white. Period.

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lol!  You have no clue, Italiana!

Tell that to my grandfather, dad and uncle - all stonemasons (immigrants) working in the South - who were turned away from diners b/c they were "black."

white privilege, my Southern Italian ass

Go study your history on our people in the US.  See how the Southern Italians were treated like shit b/c of skin color.

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PP never said she was S. Italian like you.

Besides, it is not news that Italians, just like the Irish and other European immigrants, were not exactly welcome here. But with time they were accepted as whites. Italians were not subject to institutional racism and discrimination like the Chinese (Chinese Exclusion Act) and Japanese. (WWII camps). They were not prohibited from voting, like African-Americans.

I don't think you feel discriminated against today because of your Italian heritage, do you?

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You never heard of Italian internment camps, I guess.  My mother's uncle was in one during WWII.  Friends have shared their stories with me, too.

The point is this - that ALL minorities (those considered minorities during specific time periods) faced discrimination.  no different from any group today - who's either being persecuted or trying to escape poverty - attempting to enter the US

My entire family lived in poverty in Italy.  Many made millions here - millions - through trades b/c they worked their asses off.  They didn't know English.  My father, in fact, learned English by watching television.  They broke their backs doing manual labor - bricklayer, stonemason - and yet built some of the most beautiful structures in the DC metro area, including their own homes.

Can I compare their lives to those of slaves?  absolutely not - I recognize the difference.  We destroyed the family unit of those being forced from their African nations.  And those actions still haunt today's African Americans.  I get that.

But tbh, I'm tired of the whining.  I'm tired of people playing victims.  I'm sick of feeling sorry for everyone.  I can't begin to tell you how many social programs are added to schools in order to level the playing field.  But until people own their problems, no program/no dollar amount will magically erase these issues.

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