[meowmeow]

Does that mean we can celebrate Christopher Columbus again?

[hanamizu]

This commercial was about a parmesan Caesar salad, by the way.

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In spite of its name the Caesar salad is not Italian. It was invented in Tijuana, Mexico at the Hotel Caesars. So perhaps Wendy’s should show swarthy Mexicans instead.

[DeplorablePaul]

Hannibal occupied the Italian peninsula for many years. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of his African troops took my great, great, great, great, great grandma as a slave. I’m gonna have to take one of those DNA tests.

[Hostage]

Can we all just ‘identify’ ourselves as ‘People of Color’ on demand whenever a whim strikes us? That way we can get protected class benefits, minority contracts, diversity credits, and so on, whatever.

[PghBaldy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_Italy

[TalBlack]

Good luck getting Italians to crybaby and whine like “minorities”.

[Fiji Hill]

Tu Vuò Fà L'americano (you're acting like an American)--Renato Carosone (1956)

You wear brand-name pants with a logo
A hat with the brim turned up
You strut Via Tuleto [main drag of Naples]
Like a pretty boy trying to attract attention

You’re acting like an American
Listen, who made you do that?
You want to live in style,
But when you drink whiskey and soda,
You get sick to your stomach.

You dance to rock and roll,
You play baseball,
But where do you get money for Camel cigarettes?
Mom’s purse?

You're acting like an American
But you were born in Italy.
Listen here! there’s no use in trying.
OK, Mr. Neapolitan,
You're acting like an American.

[lizma2]

They were on Margaret Sangers hit list.. the blacks, Jews and Italians.

Grew up south side Chicago in the 60's. Italians were devote Catholics with big families whose mom's could really, really cook!!!!

[unread]

I just had a parmesan Caesar salad from Wendy's.. What a disaster... :(

[richardtavor]

Unless you are an albino, we are all people of color, especially after getting sunburned.

[Luke21]

So now Italians can be privileged whites.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

“Italian Americans are people of color. We deserve to be socially considered as people of color, we deserve to be legally given affirmative action, and definitely deserve to have these stereotypes be taken more seriously.”

Italians are NOT people of color. We don’t want or need affirmative action, and in fact every Italian I know would be outraged by the very suggestion we are not white. This guy needs to be careful who he spews this BS to as they might punch his teeth down his throat.

[CodeToad]

I always thought Italians were smarter than that.

[right way right]

Tony Soprano would be embarrassed by this silliness.

[Chode]

or as Dennis Hopper told Christopher Walken, eggplant...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnAdWKiy-sc

[Maris Crane]

The people the author describes in the first paragraph are not Italians. They are Sicilians! Big difference.

And really stupid of the author not to realize that.

[VietVet876]

No finer commentary on this subject than the scene in the movie “True Romance” featuring Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken.

[fieldmarshaldj]

*ping*

[Clemenza]

Southern Italians, aka Terroni aka Arabs who eat pork maybe....

In all seriousness, we should be the only people who can be called Latin or Latino. Our Sephardic Jewish friends can claim “Ladino.”

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Why not.

Let us all be considered "people of color" after all none of us is transparent.