Italians (More Like Italian-Americans) Should Be Happy to Unclaim Christopher Columbus

October 14, 2024 · Pop Culture

As far as Italian-American “heroes” go, they’re pretty few and far between. Mainly because all of them seek to represent an embarrassing interpretation of what an Italian is…

Tony Bennett: The Model Italian-American (Or At Least Less Affronting Than Most)

July 23, 2023 · Pop Culture

As a second generation Italian-American (with his mother, Anna Suraci, born right after his grandmother arrived in the U.S.), Tony Bennett had the potential to become another caricature…

The Super Mario Bros. Movie: Why Is This Damaging Italian Stereotype Still “Okay” in 2023?

April 16, 2023 · Pop Culture

Despite the phenomenon of so-called woke culture coming for everything under the sun with regard to accusations of being offensive, the one glaring ethnicity that remains a free-for-all…