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April 2025 Fighting anti-Italianism, stereotypes and cancel culture: meet Andrè DiMino

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Perhaps the most important of the things we struggle to understand here in Italy, regarding the needs and struggles of the Italian American community, is the constant fight against stereotypes and cancel culture that has affected and still affects our brothers and sisters of Italian American nationality. However, this is a fundamental issue, one th...

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UNICO National celebra la comunità italoamericana durante l'incontro di metà anno a Chicago e si prepara per la prossima 102ª Convenzione Annuale Il Presidente della NIAF Robert Allegrini presenta a Roma l'accordo con la Società Dante Alighieri e il Lazio come Regione d'onore 2025 Morinello eletto presidente della New York Conference of Italian Am...

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The Italian American One Voice Coalition (“IAOVC”), the nation’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, is calling out Saturday Night Live (“SNL”) for perpetrating a pattern of bigoted, racial slurs of Italians. SNL has launched a pattern of comments now equating Italians as non-whites. In a skit on the last show, guest Lady G...

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The Italian American One Voice Coalition is calling out New Jersey Assembly candidate Romi Herrera for using offensive Mafia-related stereotypes in his latest campaign statement. Herrera maligns certain individuals as those “…who follow the lead of old white Italian men….” and for “…kissing the ring…” - a phrase unmistakably linked to the portrayal...

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It’s been 15 years since the premiere of MTV’s Jersey Shore. At the time, the show stirred up mixed feelings: It irritated locals, offended media members, and even bothered the state’s highest elected official. It was also a bona fide sensation. Even after everyone’s anger and fake tans have faded away, there’s still a lot to learn from the battle...

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March 2024 The Racial and Ethnic Categorization of Italian Americans

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On Friday, the Italian American Leadership Forum (IALF), led by the oldest and largest Italian American organizations in the U.S. and representing more than 18 million Americans of Italian heritage, took proactive steps to mitigate harmful stereotypes of the Italian American community. The IALF’s five founding organizations sent a letter to AMC Net...

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They’re whacking a classic. AMC Networks added a trigger warning to the classic mob movie “Goodfellas” — rankling those who were in the film and wiseguys alike. “This film includes language and/or cultural stereotypes that are inconsistent with today’s standards of inclusion and tolerance and may offend some viewers,” a message reads at the top of...

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Among the really interesting topics contained in the weekend of the second annual meeting of the Italian American Future Leaders, which I attended as a mentor last January, was one that caught me a little unprepared. Two friends, two young women who divide their lives between Italy and the United States, two lawyers who are members of the National...

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