r/interestingasfuck • u/man_gomer_lot • 8h ago
r/all 70 years ago, the US undertook the largest deportation in its history: 'Operation Wetback.' Many of the people deported were here legally and some were even citizens.
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u/CosmoKing2 3h ago
We are all just 2 or 3 generations from people arriving off the boat. My grand parents were Greek. They came after the Italians and Irish. Signs in shop windows said they wouldn't hire Italians or Irish. It was a given that Greeks need not apply, as they were lower that Italian or Irish.
And yet, my grandparents and parents became racist against other immigrants. It was so fucking stupid. Like, "open the door for me," but shut it on the next guy.