[jjeaff]

Italian and Irish were not considered "white" at the time. They were oppressed by the white majority. Lucky for them, after assimilation into American culture, they became impossible to distinguish from the white majority and so their persecution was relatively short lived.

[LunaSea]

> was relatively short lived

Well besides all that canal digging and train track building you know.

And even after all this oppression they managed to succeed.