Very grateful for this post! Just now discovering your posts because of great comments you made elsewhere here. But after a breathtakingly Judeophobic letter from a literary org I’ve admired for a long time, it means so much. Thank you!
Dec 10, 2023·edited Dec 10, 2023Liked by Amy Letter
A few months ago, I saw this video called, "How Italians became White" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQiJtBZF1Q&t=2s It was about how the early Italian immigrants were not all viewed the same- arrivals from Ellis Island were given a category for "Italy - South" and "Italy - North" because the southerners were viewed less favorably. My roots are half-Calabrese (South) and half from L'Aquila (Central Italy), so knowing that Southern Italians were viewed the same as those from a place like Morocco, and irritating "native" WASP Louisianans by treating all citizens/residents - black and white, the same, (unlike Southerners in the U.S.) gave me a little pride. My grandfather had blue eyes on one side, and my other grandfather, brown on the other. Since blue eyes are a recessive trait, I am more or less Southern, without the tan.
Wow, that was both very kind and hard to read! Thanks.
Very grateful for this post! Just now discovering your posts because of great comments you made elsewhere here. But after a breathtakingly Judeophobic letter from a literary org I’ve admired for a long time, it means so much. Thank you!
Thank you for these words, Amy. 🫂💜
A few months ago, I saw this video called, "How Italians became White" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naQiJtBZF1Q&t=2s It was about how the early Italian immigrants were not all viewed the same- arrivals from Ellis Island were given a category for "Italy - South" and "Italy - North" because the southerners were viewed less favorably. My roots are half-Calabrese (South) and half from L'Aquila (Central Italy), so knowing that Southern Italians were viewed the same as those from a place like Morocco, and irritating "native" WASP Louisianans by treating all citizens/residents - black and white, the same, (unlike Southerners in the U.S.) gave me a little pride. My grandfather had blue eyes on one side, and my other grandfather, brown on the other. Since blue eyes are a recessive trait, I am more or less Southern, without the tan.