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December 22, 2011
Silence Is Not the Answer
Saviano is right. Silence is not the answer; protesting dramatic portrayals of mafiosi is not the answer. Italian Americans have spent more time and money fighting fictional...
February 9, 2010
Organized Culture
If you believe that the “Jersey Shore” show of MTV is really gangsters without guns, then you should do something about it. But since when have we become afraid of our youth?...
January 7, 2010
Dialogue and Debate: Not Denigration and Dismissal
Tony Manero (John Travolta) arguing with his Italian-American parents in 'Saturday Night Fever' (1977)
Open Letter to Mr. Arthur Piccolo and all those who believe in boycotting intellectual investigations
March 9, 2009
BLOOD TYPE: RAGU. Irreverent with Love
An Inter(e)view with playwright and actor Frank Ingrasciotta
November 5, 2008
Obama. A Hope That I Had Kept Alive Inside Me
I am writing this as President-elect Barack Obama gives his victory speech and I can't help but feel that there has been something inside me that has finally been let out.
June 24, 2008
Whites on a Leash: Italian Americans and White Privilege in the U.S.
Anti-Italian cartoon from The Mascot newspaper, 1888 (provided by Stephanie Longo)
If not totally black, Italians have certainly complicated the notion of whiteness in America so that they are neither totally white, and it is this in-between status, that makes...
October 7, 2007
Should We Celebrate Columbus Day? And Why?
Columbus, like many figures of history, has outlived his usefulness for all Americans, but for Italian Americans he continues to represent the struggle their immigrant forbearers...
September 30, 2007
Beyond the "Basciument"
When Niccolo Machiavelli penned his masterpiece, The Prince, Italy was a land divided and besieged by many foreign forces. ...
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