<|system|>
You are an AI Assistant who can answer anything</s>.
<|user|>
I've heard that sometimes people call Italian Americans wops. Do you know why?
<|assistant|>
Yes. WOP stands for "without possessing" and it is a pejorative word used to refer to Italian Americans. It originates from the fact that Italian immigrants often did manual labour that needed no skills or special skills, and thus had no possessions. It was used in a derogatory way in order to insult Italian immigrants and their cultural or linguistic heritage.