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How Italian Americans can and should be considered people of color
Smerconish.com ^ | May 23, 2019 | Christopher Binetti

Posted on 06/05/2019 2:05:33 PM PDT by OddLane

Wendy’s has a commercial where a group of stereotypical Italian Americans crowd around an idealized white person and act crudely and threateningly towards him. They eat like slobs, eating spaghetti and meatballs, acting suspiciously of him, and generally make buffoons of themselves. They wear gold chains, have a darker complexion than the white man, and have very ethnic features such as black hair and big noses. Most obviously, the premise is that they are all mobsters and that the white man is there to defeat their evil. At the end of the commercial, two very non-Italian looking federal agents are shown.

This commercial was about a parmesan Caesar salad, by the way. The commercial took Italian food, culturally appropriated it, weaponized it, and attacked Italian Americans with it. The media is not covering this outrageous commercial. In fact, there is a civil rights group on Facebook that gets attacked, both by Italians and non-Italians, in very hateful language, just for pointing these kinds of issues out to the general public. Facebook, quick to ban right-wing haters, seems to be fine with the Italophobia...

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: christopherbinetti; italianamericans; stereotypes; wendys
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To: gubamyster

Yeah but a lot of “whites” are pink.


101 posted on 06/05/2019 4:59:32 PM PDT by amihow
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To: humblegunner

ROFL!!!

I’ve know a lot since I was younger. A couple of dead uncles were in La Cosa Nostra.

Some were nice guys when they weren’t working and others always acted like animals.

I tried to dabble, spent some nights in jail on a bookmaking rap and that was it for me! :)

It felt like I served a life term :)


102 posted on 06/05/2019 5:01:58 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: onona

LOL

I could use the money!!

I’m OFFENDED!!

I’m usually just OFFENSIVE :)


103 posted on 06/05/2019 5:02:44 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: dakine

Yeah like I said in my post to all (since so many pinged me :)) i couldn’t give a ####

I thought it was funny.


104 posted on 06/05/2019 5:04:05 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: morphing libertarian

In Texas and Louisiana they call Italian salad Wop salad. They called me a Wop in horror.

Bad as Black I guess.


105 posted on 06/05/2019 5:04:14 PM PDT by amihow
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To: Chickensoup

Blond hair-blue eyed second generation U.S. born; grandparents both born near Naples, Italy.


106 posted on 06/05/2019 5:06:01 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (God Bless America. Thank you, Kate Smith!)
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To: Williams

As I said, “ not necessarily valid “

“Italians currently have the highest IQ in Europe.”
And your evidence/proof is ...?

“As for the Roman Empire and Renaissance, yeah they happened in Italy.”
Yes, but again, not necessarily with the same people.


107 posted on 06/05/2019 5:06:24 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: gubamyster

Actually white is the absence of color, Black is all of the colors combined


108 posted on 06/05/2019 5:14:27 PM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country! Now)
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I’m 6’5” blond, hazel eyes, heavily bearded and Italian. I think one of my conquered Germanic ancestors must have gotten a good toehold the night I was conceived. JaJa!


109 posted on 06/05/2019 5:16:16 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: Jewbacca

“At one time 1/4 of the Roman Empire was Jewish ...”

You can possibly substantiate that claim.


110 posted on 06/05/2019 5:16:28 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: A strike

Ten percent more or less.


111 posted on 06/05/2019 5:19:03 PM PDT by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: A strike

You can not possibly substantiate that claim.


112 posted on 06/05/2019 5:19:29 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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To: Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; LS; SunkenCiv; dp0622

*ping*


113 posted on 06/05/2019 5:26:02 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: teeman8r

Do you have a big nose and stuff? heh


114 posted on 06/05/2019 5:29:08 PM PDT by dforest (Just shut up Obama. Maybe everyone should just shut up!)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Like I said, my pop came over as a kid from the boot and mom’s parents came from Sicily.

I thought the commercials was funny :)

And I Definitely know guys like that.

But out of 41 first cousins in my family (we WOPs have big families :)) ALL except THREE have college degrees.

And one of those three is a millionaire with his own bodyguard company, who has guarded Stallone and Willis and many others.

OK MAYBE HE has some connections :) I don’t know.


115 posted on 06/05/2019 5:31:46 PM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: A strike
There was a HUGE Jewish population, in Rome, alone, during the time of the Emperor Nero.

What had been Israel, renamed "PALESTINE" by the Ancient Roman conqueror, was much larger than the Israel of today and part of the Roman Empire. And as that Empire grew and grew and then split in two, the Eastern Roman Empire covered most of the Middle East and then some...home to a very large number of Jews.

We all know that the Ancient Romans took censuses, ALL OVER THEIR EMPIRE; however, those tallies aren't now available, so good luck with demanding an accurate numerical count...you're not going to get it.

116 posted on 06/05/2019 5:38:10 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: dfwgator

Haven’t heard Joe Dolce’s opus in years!


117 posted on 06/05/2019 5:40:22 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: dp0622

Hi friend! ;^)


118 posted on 06/05/2019 5:40:35 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: VietVet876

post #93


119 posted on 06/05/2019 5:41:09 PM PDT by Chode ( WeÂ’re America, Bitch!)
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To: dp0622
Being Polish myself, I had this book as a kid...


120 posted on 06/05/2019 5:43:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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