Italian-Americans

This video actually reminded me a bit of the more recent anti-card check commercials starring Johnny Sack from the Sopranos (who I now consider a disgrace to all Italian-Americans) where it showed him intimidating employees for a union vote.

Matthew Yglesias » Public Sector Pay 2010

Cuomo, like his father, is descended from what I call the Gay Talese or does it go back to Michelangelo? line of Italian-Americans -- witty, intelligent, dapper.

Paul LaRosa: I Like Him -- He's Italian! Paul LaRosa 2011

"We were Italian-Americans; we got dark tans in the summer, and people called us names."

Nancy Ruhling: Astoria Characters: The Couplets Couple Nancy Ruhling 2011

Did you know, for instance, that Italian-Americans are roughly equal in number to African-Americans in key contested states?

Can we start treating Chuckie Schumer (D-NY) as vulnerable NOW? | RedState 2010

Mr. Santopietro perhaps rightly worries that the new caricatures of Italian-Americans found in the popular media are as bad as the old images of Italian organ grinders.

Taking the Cannoli Laura Landro 2012

Carroll Gardens, historically home to a large population of Italian-Americans, has become more diverse over the years as new residents have moved in.

Carroll Gardens Keeps Its Appeal in Bloom Joseph De Avila 2011

Ferraro attributed much of the controversy to bias against Italian-Americans.

Geraldine Ferraro Dead: First Female Vice Presidential Candidate Dies At 75 2011

As the first woman vice president candidate and an outstanding member of Congress, she made women proud, she made her family proud, she made Italian-Americans proud.

Reaction to death of Geraldine Ferraro 2011

The September 11th Anniversary was another eye-opening moment for Saviano because "in Italy we never talk about the hundreds of Italian-Americans who lost their lives during the attacks."

E. Nina Rothe: The Face of Courage: An Exclusive Interview With Roberto Saviano -- Part Two E. Nina Rothe 2012

Italian-Americans were the main subject of this, which is sort of fascinating looking back on it from a point where Italian-Americans are presumed to count as white in such an obvious way that I'm not sure most of the people I went to high school with could come up with a slur for an Italian.

mrissa: books read, early February mrissa 2010