Didn't the largest lynching event in American history involve hanging a bunch of Italians?
It was, though its worth noting that it was over a police chief being killed and them thinking it was "organized crime" was the problem.
So less racism against Italians and more "the mafia is basically an Italian Supremacist terrorist group and we are scared of them." Because you can't have a crime ring that only lets your people in and then get mad people don't like your people. Which sucks for those not in it.
Because when it happened and for the next several decades, the organized crime problem in America was as big as the problem with blacks today in terms of "constant horrors upon every community they touch." And the biggest one was usually the Italians, who were pretty specific about that as well.
It was, though its worth noting that it was over a police chief being killed and them thinking it was "organized crime" was the problem.
So less racism against Italians and more "the mafia is basically an Italian Supremacist terrorist group and we are scared of them." Because you can't have a crime ring that only lets your people in and then get mad people don't like your people. Which sucks for those not in it.
Because when it happened and for the next several decades, the organized crime problem in America was as big as the problem with blacks today in terms of "constant horrors upon every community they touch." And the biggest one was usually the Italians, who were pretty specific about that as well.