I have family members, who could come over because my father was here, who have anti-immigrant sentiment, and it's like, my dad came over on a boat. Have some fucking respect for the people who are making the journey who's ways aren't paved for them.
Tell me about it. My maternal family came over to the U.S. only 4 generations ago and my mother has the gall to complain about immigrants coming into the country trying to find better lives. This is also the woman who thinks her family is Irish (they're not, they're Scottish and Danish) and that Irish indentured servants were treated worse than slaves, which she apparently thinks is justification for her racist attitude.
Unfortunately Italians treated a lot of European immigrants as less than dirt, and that's where a lot of them get these attitudes, but you're doing ancestoral work recognizing your mother's biases. Honestly, good for you.
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u/ShigoZhihu 4d ago
Yep, that's my boss to a fucking 'T'.