He Said Don't Question Italians About This
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
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Topic of discussion: Are Italian-Americans American or Italian?
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When I was 18, I went to Italy with my Italian immigrant aunts to visit our ancestral homeland. When I was there, I realized that I was not Italian. I was American because my frequency was different from all those around me.
My grandpa was Italian, he was born in Italy he came to America, he became an American. I am an American with Italian ancestry...
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Where in America did he and his family settle in? Mine family’s mostly from Southern New York (mainly Westchester County).
Dude, Being ethnically Italian-American is profoundly different than of Italian nationality. I have been to Italy several times and it is not even close! Got respect for both but be yourself or move there and become truly Italian.
Agreed! It is a unique thing for sure. Love both as well!
Italian as an identity is fairly new even among Italians. Italy unified later than other European nations and most identified by their regions and spoke their local dialects which are simply just separate closely related languages, some of which are closer to languages spoken in neighboring countries such as Southern France (Occitan) and Spain (Catalan) than standard Italian as we know it today. Additionally, Italian cuisine is very much influenced by the region than as a unified concrete cuisine. This is something Italians recognize but it's not evident to people outside of the country. In the US, people tend to view things from a reductionist standpoint and miss the true essence of these topics.
There really is a very strong connection to Italy and Italian roots, regardless of what country one's parents or grandparents immigrated to, I have noticed this throughout my life when meeting people of Italian descent. It's not something that can be explained. And yes, being Italian vs being Italian-American (or Australian, Canadian, French, etc.) is not the same as being born and raised there, but there are still many things that one will inherit culturally from one's parents or grandparents.
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I appreciate the use of a photo of Italian immigrants in Brazil. It's worth noting that after four generations in Brazil, claiming to be Italian without an Italian passport holds no true value. Cheers!
Put it this way. They are?english speaking Americans of Italian descent.
putting Nancy Pelosi on the DVD cover :D:D:D couldn't be more proud than THAT :D
We are a country of immigrants, so we try to identify and embrace are ancestry. Who cares what Italians from Italy say. They wish they were American!!
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Growing up in contemporary day Italy is a whole different state of mind than growing in the USA. Fundamentally, your cultural reference points, social mores and values that shape you into the person you are stem from the environment in which you develop. If you grow up outside of Italy, you don’t share the experience of one who experiences their youth and formative years there, adjusting to the social and political landscape. I grew up in the NY/NJ area in an Italian-American family and my experience will be unique from Italian born Italians. We have different instincts when it comes to our innate viewpoint of the world. When you move to Europe, as I did 17 years ago, you will see what I mean. So many of our “Italian” ways were preserved in our world on the east coast, but American popular culture shaped us in distinct ways as well, as compared to the vantage point of a European, whose identity was formed in relation to world events, and a different social and political reality. Being Italian American is kind of its own thing. Which is equally beautiful and doesn’t need justification or qualification. I know who I am and am secure in that. I have the best of both in my eyes. I know New York City and the unique cultural matrix that it is, and I also know the inherent love, values, instincts, and tastes I got from my grandparents, parents and big extended family.