What on earth are you talking about?
irish and italian descent were harassed, and discriminated against, i think is what he is speaking about that were white but complete outcasts here...for a while?
I'm talking about the history of this nation.
I'm talking about how every wave of immigrants was loathed by those native sons who believed that they and they alone had the right to live here.
I'm talking about how Catholics and pretty much anyone who was not a WASP was thought of pretty much like some of us think about Mexicans today.
Perhaps you're not old enough to remember that. Perhaps you're not well read enough to know that at one time being White still wasn't pure enough for some of the racist assholes that once ran this nation.
Now you know.
You're right, I am too young to remember, as I suspect will be most people. I also read a lot of history but maybe not on the sort of issues that make me well read - it's not for me to say.
I was just wondering why you were so hostile to the OP. Now I understand. Stuff that happened before either of you were born still pisses you off and you're going to take it out on whoever happens to be within reach if they fit the perceived historical profile. Fair enough. Thanks for the explanation. Now I know.