White Ethnic Americans and Stereotyping

I feel as though white ethnic Americans are only the subjects of stereotyping when it is used in a humorous fashion. For example, the clips that Dave showed in class about drunken Irish and mobster Italians were intended to make us laugh. And especially in modern times, we no longer see stereotypes such as those as having a discriminatory affect on how ethnic white Americans live. The times of "No Irish need apply" are in the past and being an ethnic white no longer seems to have a detrimental impact on how a person can live in American. Even Catholicism, which Jordan pointed out was effectively normalized with the election of JFK, no longer seems to be a point of discrimination. Instead, jokes that we make about Irish and Italian Americans are simply just that, jokes. Unlike with other ethnic minorities, who often find stereotyping to be the source of much of their discrimination.