Whitey Ford
10-15-2019, 02:34 PM
They used the expression that southern Italians were called — I believe they said southern Italians, Sicilians, I'm half-Sicilian — were called, quote/unquote — pardon my language, but I'm just quoting 'The Times' — n***er wops, N-word wops, as a derogatory comment.
When I was a brat, I had an after school job working for a Sicilian born chef who had built a successful min-chain of Italian restaurants that consistently got 4-5 stars in the local ratings. He explained to me that a 'wop' was an acronym that stood for 'without papers,' i.e. an Italian immigrant in the country illegally.
When I said that wop was a derogatory comment, that's when 'The Times' union told me, 'No, you should look at Wikipedia. Wop really meant a dandy.
That would be a 'fop.' Similar to 'ponce' or 'nancy boy.'
https://grabien.com/story.php?id=256091
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https://www.wamc.org/post/gov-cuomo-wamcs-roundtable-101519
When I was a brat, I had an after school job working for a Sicilian born chef who had built a successful min-chain of Italian restaurants that consistently got 4-5 stars in the local ratings. He explained to me that a 'wop' was an acronym that stood for 'without papers,' i.e. an Italian immigrant in the country illegally.
When I said that wop was a derogatory comment, that's when 'The Times' union told me, 'No, you should look at Wikipedia. Wop really meant a dandy.
That would be a 'fop.' Similar to 'ponce' or 'nancy boy.'
https://grabien.com/story.php?id=256091
Link to the radioshow he said it on (scroll to the 18:30 mark)
https://www.wamc.org/post/gov-cuomo-wamcs-roundtable-101519