Italian American identity

Usually an Italian American family Christmas involves at least 20 people, and that is just counting the immediate family. So, it’s very important that everything is studied to detail for the special day. For starters it’s important to count the...

I genitori restavano fedeli alle proprie origini; i figli aderivano al sogno americano e americani volevano essere considerati. Ma i membri della seconda generazione di italoamericani, nel corso del XX secolo, hanno affrontato un enorme dilemma nello scegliere la propria...

The number of Italian Americans who hold themselves apart from the Columbus standard bearers is substantial. That we do not have a public voice is not for the lack of trying. There are academics, journalists, and independent scholars pursuing the...

To judge and mock an entire ethnic group is the worst kind of stereotype mongering. It’s the equivalent of using the hated N- word to describe an entire race. It’s even worse when the denigration comes from within the group.

Italian Americans have become the worst of ourselves. We made Columbus into the representative for the vestiges of a vanishing identity. Interestingly, perhaps subconsciously, we have selected someone whose conquests align with an ultra-masculine identity we deem as authentically Italian...

"New Italian Migrations to the United States: Vol 2: Art and Culture Since 1945" è il secondo volume sulle nuove migrazioni italiane oltre oceano che presenta i "veri" italiani negli Stati Uniti e abbatte, attraverso lo studio di cultura e...