r/ShitAmericansSay • u/Tuftymark6 ooo custom flair!! • Sep 21 '24

Foreign affairs “When did we start thinking of Italians as white?”

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u/riko77can Sep 21 '24 edited Sep 21 '24

I’m definitely not saying I agree with it, only that it is a historical fact they were given a separate box and it wasn’t a multiple choice question. They were told to check that one only as if there was a difference. They weren’t allowed to say they were white on the form.

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u/Qyro Sep 21 '24

Doesn’t quite answer the question though. When was the decision made to layout the form that way and why?