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minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoOk and who would be offended?
minus-squareKalothar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoSome older Italian Americans, what is this a racism/xenophobia validity check? Edit: apologies for jumping to any undue conclusion, I initially thought you were feigning ignorance
minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 month agoChrist three replies where no one actually answers their question directly and you’re dragging them? OP - Wop = without papers It’s a epithet against Italians who immigrated to the United States.
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down2·1 month agoThanks! Seems a bit dated to still be racist against Italians nowadays, I thought they mostly moved on to different ethnicities by now.
minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-21 month agoYeah it’s older for sure, but my friends grandma got called that in like 70s and beat some lady up for it. Cop let her go. That’s how I learned about it from a deep Italian American family.
minus-squareHerbal Gamer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoNo, just a clueless european who never heard of this as an insult before.
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoLook, all I said was that it’s a slur.
Ok and who would be offended?
Some older Italian Americans, what is this a racism/xenophobia validity check?
Edit: apologies for jumping to any undue conclusion, I initially thought you were feigning ignorance
Christ three replies where no one actually answers their question directly and you’re dragging them?
OP - Wop = without papers
It’s a epithet against Italians who immigrated to the United States.
Thanks! Seems a bit dated to still be racist against Italians nowadays, I thought they mostly moved on to different ethnicities by now.
Yeah it’s older for sure, but my friends grandma got called that in like 70s and beat some lady up for it. Cop let her go.
That’s how I learned about it from a deep Italian American family.
No, just a clueless european who never heard of this as an insult before.
Look, all I said was that it’s a slur.