Wouldn’t’ve been white 100 years ago.

Kevin Tierney
Italy

Nonnie was born in Italy and moved to the USA, 14 years old and a newlywed. Three generations later, I was born in the USA and now live in Italy. Nonnie wasn’t considered white when she moved to Brooklyn, but she was when she died 80 years later. I declare myself to be Italian-Irish-French-German-English American, and of course African, if we trace back far enough.


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