Racism in America

In Italiano It’s almost like a Pirandello play: loves and hatreds, admiration and disdain for a similar situation, but seen from different points of view, simply to remind us that absolute truth does not exist. And this very sick America,...

The American mainstream media and establishment politicians have struggled to identify the police for what they are: well-armed counter-protesters. Thousands of people across the country have rallied in the streets to call for the end of policing itself while the...

(Washington, D.C. – June 12, 2020) – The National Italian American Foundation (NIAF) Board of Directors are united in their protest of the vandalization of the Christopher Columbus statues in Boston, Mass.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Richmond, Va.; and many other cities....

I’m not generally in favor of destroying historical statues or monuments—I’d prefer to see more of them, and more from recent times, too--but even if all the remaining monuments to him were to be destroyed, Columbus would still be with...

For them the President must represent their view of the “American dream,” an interpretation that is as strong as it is selfish, this is why they love a successful entrepreneur showman who does not give a damn about the complaints...

Today it appears that both ends of the protest spectrum are unacceptable for white America. Neither peaceful nor violent demonstrations are heeded, and both are deemed to be unjustified. On behalf of my community, I say that we are sick...

Shattered windows and stores looted even in New York? These acts of violence of a small group of people certainly don’t represent the entire protest movement, but we prefer to reserve most of our anger and outrage for George Floyd’s...