Posted by Dinah on February 2, 2003, at 8:59:06
In reply to Light bulb jokes, posted by shar on February 2, 2003, at 4:10:52
Would they have been so funny back at a time when Italians were genuinely looked down on by a large percentage of the population? When there were signs on doors saying that Italians need not apply for jobs? When people really thought the stereotypes were true?
My Italian cousin used to always laugh at "wop" jokes that his mother did not find as funny. It's because he had the good fortune to live in a time where he could laugh at them, while she did not.
But I do understand why you feel the way you do, just as I understood the way my aunt felt, and the way my cousin felt.
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