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[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 38 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It means Italians aren't white.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 23 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Italians, like the people that populate Italy, don't think of themselves as white. They see themselves as Italian.

Americans of Italian descent have a complicated relationship with "whiteness". White is not a biology. It is a malleable group designed to keep people labeled black underfoot.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 14 points 5 months ago

Finally we have an answer