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In response to "It certainly isn't a well refined rule and if you asked my grandmother the Sicilians aren't white." by Krusty

My Irish/Scottish grandmother basically distrusted all non-english speakers.

Posted by Andie Jul 25 '17, 06:52

()Note: She herself was an immigrant who came to Canada when she was 14.)

i can remember as a kid watching something (like, it was something stupid, possibly the Miss Universe pageant or something) at her house. A Chinese speaker had a translator with them. And i remember this vividly because even as a kid this seemed like a crazy thing for her to say. My grandmother said "She should be speaking English!" and my mother said "She doesn't speak English, she's Chinese" and my grandmother said "Of course *they* speak English! Everyone knows how. She's just pretending so they can spy on us."

My grandmother was not a conspiracy theorist just a small town woman who truly believed this crap.

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Wow, I don't think I've heard that before. I'm sure she wasn't and isn't alone with that idea. -- nm - Krusty Jul 25, 06:56 1
- that's why, when the german's bombed pearl harbor, we rounded them all up -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 25, 10:53

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My Irish/Scottish grandmother basically distrusted all non-english speakers.

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