This month’s National Geographic Magazine reveals a shocking truth about the American “paradise” before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. In Peru in 2011, American Michael Spano noticed bones surfacing on a vacant lot across from his home. The bones were clearly evidence of an…
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Month: February 2019
Italian American Voices
The NY Times Styles section this week features a story on Victoria Gotti, daughter of late murderer John Gotti. Perhaps she was an appropriate subject for the Styles section because the mob boss was famed as “The Dapper Don.” Any excuse will do to monetize…
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THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE
In 1952, the great African American writer Ralph Ellison published Invisible Man, coining a phrase that became ensconced in the national lexicon. Essentially, Ellison’s eloquent wordage symbolizes how American society views African American men, indeed all black Americans: as marginal figures, almost “…
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The Deeper Hurt
The current blackface issue in Virginia politics has veered into Italian territory with the news that Gucci and Prada have dabbled in the black arts. Gucci sells a black turtleneck sweater that can cover half your face leaving an opening in the form of big…
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An Accursed Race
The other day, a doctor on Long Island was charged with kissing his patient on the mouth and rubbing her thigh and stomach. The judge dismissed the case for lack of corroboration but the police reported that the doctor told them “he is Italian, hugs…
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