Matthews himself is 72 years of age. He likely "learned" about America from the big east coast cities' perspective, of times gone by.
Italians and Irish were looked down on for a time, when they immigrated in large numbers. For awhile many of them lived, to an extent, in ethnic groupings. Like other immigrant groups, before AND AFTER.
Ever been to Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Little Saigon, Koreatown? We have all those and more in California. Basques herd sheep near Bakersfield. I have several friends of Portuguese extraction. Did anybody know the Portuguese run/used to run Maui County?
Nunes is one such Portuguese American. (If he wants to be identified as such)
Matthews is the racist. KKK were a democrat support group. Republicans were formed out of abolitionist beliefs.
Equal opportunity, not equal results. Nancy Pelosi and Tip O'Neill were never discriminated for a day in their lives.