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5. Yep my grandmother went to an all girls catholic boarding school for HS

Sat Dec 27, 2025, 11:29 AM

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The KKK came and burned a cross on the school lawn and the townspeople came and chased them away-this was in the mid to late 1920s.

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Italians were once considered to be "not white." yardwork 7 hrs ago #1

Exactly. The Klan hated Catholics too underpants 7 hrs ago #2

Yep my grandmother went to an all girls catholic boarding school for HS Bookreadingliberal53 5 hrs ago #5

The only way you're not an immigrant or a descendent of one Ocelot II 6 hrs ago #3

Yeah. That's us. underpants 6 hrs ago #4

My Great Grandfather immigrated with his family in the 1890s BOSSHOG 4 hrs ago #6

Pee Wee German forgets his own lineage. QED 4 hrs ago #7

Send this to that fascist ignoramus malaise 3 hrs ago #8