Wow, I was right...


I stumbled upon this movie accidentally this evening, while relaxing on the net. It looked cute, so I thought I'd watch the trailer. Immediately, recognizing Boston's North End and being half Italian-American, I decided to have a look at the entry on this website.

All I can say is wow. For years, I've been trying to convince my mother (Italian-American) that in this day and age, there are still countless people who dislike Italians, particularly Italian Americans. I now plan to show her all of the ignorant comments made by others. My mother is 83 years old. When she was born in 1925, her family decided it would be best to change their last name. Not because they were ashamed, but because they thought it would be easier to gain employment, buy a house, etc. Who knew that so many years later, there would be young people (I'm assuming most people on this site are not 80 years old! lol) with such hatred and resentment.

I have researched countless movies on this site. Many focusing on Hispanics, Irish, Jews, African Americans and on and on. I have yet to see so much negativity. Could it be that it is no longer acceptable to hate the others, so people need a new group to dislike?

On a personal level, I actually lost several friends (one was a pen pal for ten years) when they found out I was half-Italian and didn't agree with their opinions of "those people". They often tried to console me, by telling me that I wasn't like a "real" one. As if that were a compliment. On every one of my jobs, I've had co-workers give me the lectures. Never about any other group, always "the Italian lecture"... which I've gotten many friends. Also the comments...

I guess the human race needs someone to kick...

What a screwed up world.

Peace.

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have you ever seen the racism on all black cast movies
personally I think its really stupid if people stop talking to you cause your italian
but people who want to hate will hate
the human race isn't picking on italians

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YOUR opinion.

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Italian Americans are A**holes. Bunch of arrogant pricks that have no respect. Usually going on about how great they were. I haven't had any good experiences with Italian-Americans. They seem to think they're better than everyone.




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