Anti-Italian sentiment

He cops a lot of racism in the interwar period.

There was a lot of anti-Italian racism and, and there was this sense as, as, you know, the, the kind of anti-immigrant, um, playbook that these Italians were coming and taking jobs.

But also, um, from '33 onwards of course there's the fascist regime, so, um, he, he experiences a lot of that.

He is an, an absolutely wildly talented artist.

And I think that...

I think Douglas Niles was not being anti-Italian, but instead was trying to make some point about a forested town on the edge of

the

borderlands, if you will.

Nerd Poker mailbag.

"Dear Nerd Poker, whoopsie daisy, I accidentally grabbed a briefcase that was full of diamonds and heroin, which meant that those gangsters got my briefcase full of anti-Italian joke books and directions to my house.

And now I'm in a trunk.

It's so spacious for a s- a sedan.

Rossi later accused a neighbouring couple of the crime in a dramatic twist that ended in acquittal.

Most victims were Italian immigrants running small grocery stores, which led to early speculation of mafia involvement or anti-Italian prejudice.

The killer consistently used the victim's own axe or chisel, broke in through the rear door, and attacked people in their beds with extreme overkill, focusing on the head and neck areas.

The most legendary element of the Axeman saga occurred on March 13th.

He was the sidekick tonight, for sure.

yeah oh boy we got some more anti-Italian racism as Akira tries to welcome Speedball to the United Empire also speaks Italian yeah Speedball answers back and then Will's just like no no no we don't let him speak Italian we have to get him to learn English

yeah

that was a little bad It's

In France in 1893, locals turned on Italian immigrant workers in Aigues-Mortes, reportedly killing eight men, though the number is thought to be far higher.

and in 1934, in Kalgoorlie, Australia, anti-Italian killings took place against a similar backdrop of resentment against foreigners allegedly taking jobs.

Even assimilated Italians had their loyalty to their newly adopted lands questioned.

It wasn't just more recently arrived Italians, like my great-grandfather, who were interned as enemy aliens during the Second World War.

And he keeps getting passed over for head coaching jobs over and over.

And I'll tell you, after a while, Lombardi, and this is, you got to remember the time we lived in, Lombardi believes it's anti-Italian prejudice that is part of the reason he's not getting these job offers.

But finally, Green Bay calls.

Yeah, the anti-Italian bias certainly was a thing back then.

And it just didn't look the part.

And it's funny because...

Think about this.

In 1959, this 45 year old assistant coach.

[laughs]

[laughs] Anti-Italian, anti, you know, immigrant sentiment-

Yeah

... was like, "Ew, you guys suck.