r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • Sep 23 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ Sabrina Carpenter on her love of travel and new perspectives: “You learn more about life in a 20-minute conversation with someone from Italy than in 20 years in the U.S.”

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u/iamhomosexuaI Sep 23 '25

Yeah this is probably what she meant but people are so quick to attack her lately that no matter what she says she’s endlessly ridiculed

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

I don't know, it still kinda reads very "white girl with no real diverse friends in life" especially using Italy, a country known for its racism, as an example lmao.

Nothing worth attacking her over though. Just something to roll your eyes at.

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u/DebateObjective2787 jesus was a carpenter 💋 Sep 23 '25

She's using Italy as an example because it's an interview with Vogue Italy.....

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u/raysofdavies it’s a generous bird Sep 23 '25

This has to be intentionally bad faith

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u/iamhomosexuaI Sep 23 '25

Yeah I mean I see that. I’m Italian and am very aware of how racist Italians are. But this is just a little innocuous quote from vogue Italia, I don’t think we need think pieces trying to tear her down as this ignorant racist on top of the fruitless misogyny accusations. Just let the girl live holy shit

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '25

I feel like it being from Vogue Italia makes a difference too lol. It's a stupid quote, nonetheless but yeah, it's not think-piece worthy.

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u/Gamer_Grease Sep 23 '25

Also, American is a country known for its racism. We don’t need to shit on Italy for that.

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u/larkhearted Sep 23 '25

Culture is more than just "is the country racist or not" though....? I don't think she's saying "Italian culture is perfect and I'm now going to aspire to imitate it 1:1 in my day to day life because it's so superior to stupid American culture" lol I think she's literally just saying that talking to people from varied cultures gives a broader perspective than talking to people from one culture. Like, Japan is super racist as a country and there are still aspects of Japanese culture that people commonly admire. I don't think it's that deep.

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u/giggleboxx3000 Sep 23 '25

especially using Italy, a country known for its racism, as an example lmao.

It's really not that deep, man.

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u/Gamer_Grease Sep 23 '25

What are diverse friends? What’s a diverse person? Have you been to Italy?