You can argue you have a right to post what you want.
You can’t argue however that I don’t have the same right.
You post prejudiced garbage, I’m gonna call it out. I’m sure it’s “just a joak”, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned in the past decade or so, it’s that everything is ironic until it suddenly is not.
You understand that prejudice has a specific malicious intent behind it, correct? That it’s prejudiced “with intent” for something nefarious that’s being hidden behind the veil of racist remarks.
Go ahead and tell us which one of those racist behaviors is on display here.
If Italian people were offended by this, or this limited their upward travel potential in the professional world, or was a way to hide derogatory behavior that people found undesirable by “dog whistling”, then it would qualify.
Unless you can point that out in this case, I think your sense of social justice is misplaced for what is just normal, tame, cultural fun poking.
Here, we’ll include Americans in the meme:
Amer-E-cans: The police were called to handle a domestic disturbance at a nearby home. There were no survivors.
Now, as an Italian I can’t really say that I am offended by this. I don’t care and I frequent the international community for long enough that I got used to the “mamma mia”, hand gestures, “mi scuzi” etc., whatever.
That said:
or was a way to hide derogatory behavior
If you don’t consider stereotyping people as uneducated half-wits who can’t speak a second language and express themselves in super-mario sentences derogatory in itself, I guess you have a very high bar.
Also you kinda made up this definition of prejudice, which simply means having opinions about something in advance.
an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
Believe it or not, the type of stereotype here represented is quite widespread. Ask any Italian abroad how often they encounter the stuff I mentioned above.
Here, we’ll include Americans in the meme:
The example you bring is then completely off the mark. It’s one thing making fun of Italian “society” as - say - unorganized, or something else. It’s another thing stereotyping individuals and their individual characteristics.
All in all I have to say that it’s quite surprising to see this kind of behavior in the Fediverse, where such behavior would be absolutely not tolerated if it were about some other category.
Again, I am fairly neutral and I take the joke for what it is, but the hypocrisy in this thread is really funny.
“If” an Italian was, and told you, you’d explain to him he isn’t really offended, like you’re doing now. Because that’s what you are doing after an Italian told you to knock this shit off.
It kinda contributes to the derogatory stereotypes that are already quite widespread in certain cultures about Italians, i.e., uneducated people who can’t speak a language and talk like super mario and whose life is basically about food.
I think it simply comes from the bad english of italian people who immigrated to the US. Plenty of them were from South, but the stereotypical speech is simply a consequence of Italians pronouncing words as they are written (given Italian works like that).
Neapolitan dialect is actually very contracted, so the opposite of elongated vocals as the stereotype goes.
So straight up prejudice today?
Great.
Mamma mia, I cooka da meatball and pizza di Italiano grande.
Let me shitpost in peace plz
Thats-a spicy comment-a
You can argue you have a right to post what you want.
You can’t argue however that I don’t have the same right.
You post prejudiced garbage, I’m gonna call it out. I’m sure it’s “just a joak”, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned in the past decade or so, it’s that everything is ironic until it suddenly is not.
You understand that prejudice has a specific malicious intent behind it, correct? That it’s prejudiced “with intent” for something nefarious that’s being hidden behind the veil of racist remarks.
Go ahead and tell us which one of those racist behaviors is on display here.
If Italian people were offended by this, or this limited their upward travel potential in the professional world, or was a way to hide derogatory behavior that people found undesirable by “dog whistling”, then it would qualify.
Unless you can point that out in this case, I think your sense of social justice is misplaced for what is just normal, tame, cultural fun poking.
Here, we’ll include Americans in the meme:
Now, as an Italian I can’t really say that I am offended by this. I don’t care and I frequent the international community for long enough that I got used to the “mamma mia”, hand gestures, “mi scuzi” etc., whatever.
That said:
If you don’t consider stereotyping people as uneducated half-wits who can’t speak a second language and express themselves in super-mario sentences derogatory in itself, I guess you have a very high bar.
Also you kinda made up this definition of prejudice, which simply means having opinions about something in advance.
Believe it or not, the type of stereotype here represented is quite widespread. Ask any Italian abroad how often they encounter the stuff I mentioned above.
The example you bring is then completely off the mark. It’s one thing making fun of Italian “society” as - say - unorganized, or something else. It’s another thing stereotyping individuals and their individual characteristics.
All in all I have to say that it’s quite surprising to see this kind of behavior in the Fediverse, where such behavior would be absolutely not tolerated if it were about some other category. Again, I am fairly neutral and I take the joke for what it is, but the hypocrisy in this thread is really funny.
You raise some fair criticisms of my response and have given me some things to think about and consider.
And to update the American example then:
“If” an Italian was, and told you, you’d explain to him he isn’t really offended, like you’re doing now. Because that’s what you are doing after an Italian told you to knock this shit off.
Would you mind telling me why you are offended by this?
Because it plays on harmful stereotypes.
How is this even a question?
Just how is “I cooka da meatball” harmful?
It kinda contributes to the derogatory stereotypes that are already quite widespread in certain cultures about Italians, i.e., uneducated people who can’t speak a language and talk like super mario and whose life is basically about food.
Jude block me mate. That’s the beauty of the fediverse.
I don’t want to block you. I want everyone here to see what you post, and what I think of it.
Then I block you.
Then I cooka da meatball
And make da pizza italiano
Looking at the downvotes, it looks like everyone disagrees with you.
I don’t see any downvotes
The sharky instance hides them. Look at your vote count.
One downvote is -1 point
That sounds like way too much effort.
Also, injustice is never conquered by popular approval. Let them downvote.
Understandable. Hey everyone, I’m racist, apparently, because I said mamma mia.
🤡🤡🤡
Prejudice nuts
jfc get the stick outta your ass
My brother in Christ, have you ever been to Italy?
Italy walks the talk with its own stereotypes. And they take that quite seriously.
Etalians responding to this meme: You’re a damn a right I cooka da meatball!
Have you…?
Yes
So you know that this is a stereotype hopefully, and that people don’t actually talk like super mario, right?
Super Mario is a video game, but just go to an Italian restaurant or pub and you’ll hear some pretty familiar language.
Especially if you go somewhere near Naples(the stereotypical Italian speech comes from Neapolitan, essentially)
I think it simply comes from the bad english of italian people who immigrated to the US. Plenty of them were from South, but the stereotypical speech is simply a consequence of Italians pronouncing words as they are written (given Italian works like that). Neapolitan dialect is actually very contracted, so the opposite of elongated vocals as the stereotype goes.
Italian pub…? Anyway, I am Italian, I know what people sound like. Thanks for the tip though
Yeah, let’s now joke about Palestinians!