Italian immigration may have ended decades ago, but their influence in Connecticut is everywhere. There are many Italian specialty food shops, like P&M in East Rock.
Italy, cradle of western civilization, 23 centuries of history and legislation, the country with highest number of unesco world heritage sites, fatherland of the renaissance and opera Joseph Ciccone: *IN THE ITALIAN CULTURE THE MAIN THING IS FOOD*
@Tina Yael Severinova M. Yeah, you're right... But you guys have to understand that Italy has changed. In Italy there are still many customs... for ex. We, dozens of relatives, always eat our grandparents' on Sunday lunch. At home we still speak dialect and still cook typical regional dishes. Italians are the same people but the approach to life has changed compared with 50/60 years ago. Italy got richer, we're now a modern society... We have to work (both men and women), we have to get children to school, we have to study, we're always busy for a myriad of reasons, we're more 'western'. What I'm trying to say is that the priorites in life are different now and many local habits have disappeared, like the great importance attached to food... I think it is more common among Italian Americans than Italians. While Italians in America were trying to explain to children and grandchildren what it meant to be Italian, the way of being Italians changed in Italy. Our customs have remained the same but the importance we attach to them has changed (both in the north and in the south). Furthermore, your grondmother probably would have said that food is a very important part of 'the Italian culture' beacuse people were poor (especially in the south), simple and humble and with a very low level of education (not ignorant, but without tools to understand things better), so they couldn't know a lot of things.
@Tina Yael Severinova M. Sure, when you have few things you have low standards, so you tend to have an emotional attachment to your little world. I'm from Campania too (I raised and I live in Italy) and what I see... is that Italian Americans are similiar to my grandparents' generation, but not to mine. I don't mean that my generation is not gonna carry on the 'Italian tradition', but in a different way and from a different point of view. Food is important because in Italy is a time for togetherness, but (for ex.) my fiancée works till dark and often she has no time to cook... I might as well order a Glovo 😂 But if I saw pineapple on a pizza I think I would have an heart attack hahaha
@Tina Yael Severinova M. I agree with every word you said. It's like stereotypes... I'm not saying that all the stereotypes on the Italians are not true, but they're just old Italian habits. For ex. I met two Canadian guys last summer and they were amazed at how good my level of English was (it's not all that perfect but I'm not bad at speaking it) 😂
Martincito714 you’ve “been to Italy” therefore you’re qualified to make an intelligent judgement? Guess what, all those “Italians” you saw in Venice, Florence and Rome were actually tourists. 🙄
No disrespect whatsoever to great people like Italians, but one thing is that Italians all over the world have a bad habit of arguing who is the "more" or "real" Italian, which can be a very subjective topic. People should understand that these Italians in America are maintaining customs and traditions from Italy that was of decades upon decades ago. That's why it seems "outdated" to see Italian food in America, yet nonetheless, it's food from the earlier days of Italian cuisine. But in the end, logically, all people of Italian heritage all over the world, are Italians to good degrees.
That's beautiful, but please, study the history of Italy, not only the language, it's important. That guy, Joseph, practically said "Italian culture is food"... it's quite offensive
@@carlgustafemilmannerheim5661 An italian could understand atleast half of what someone speaking spanish would say, but they wouldn't understand anything or veeeery little romanian, sadly
@@leonardodavid2842 I wasn't saying it wasn't a latin language, I think it's pretty obvious that it is, but I was saying it's difficult to have mutual intelligibility. I'm glad they're able to understand us tho!
@@samoomoo. it's quite different you're absolutely right. But I can tell u a fun fact: a way to say in sicilian "leave me alone" is "lassami in paci" you don't believe it but in romanian it's exactly the same thing ahah
As someone from Napoli (most Italian-Americans came from the south of Italy), I think these children should be proud of their heritage. Italian immigrants came to the U.S. as some of the poorest and most discriminated against immigrants in U.S. history. Italian-Americans have risen to being one of the most educated immigrant groups and their median family income as a whole is far above the U.S. median. All with little help from the government and society at large.
It's freaking insane that people don't recognize difference between Italians and Italo Americans. So for those genius Amish are the same to Germans?!!!
I’m very proud of them for maintaining the culture. The most important thing is to learn the language. Even if not fluent, it all begins with the most beautiful Latin Romance language there is, standard proper Italian. And this will go a long way towards the cultural preservation.
MAYDAY AMERICANS HAVE RUINED ITALIANS FOOD NO ONE LISTENS WHEN I SAY SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS ARE AN AMERICAN THING NO ONE CAN EVEN PRONOUNCE ANYTHING CORRECTLY IN ITALIANO AND THE STEREOTYPES ARE RIDICULOUS 😭😭😭
I ate so much pasta as a kid I’m done with it for life. Lol. I eat American food which means a bit of everything. Chicken and vegetables, salads, rice, tacos, Chinese takeout, eggs. But my staple dinner is either chicken or salmon with mixed vegetables.
I am an Italian American, and I grew up as a 2nd generation Italian; my family had to give up our traditions before we came to the states, So I grew up with out a lot of the culture that our family would have had. That said, my mother and her family made a lot of Italian dishes growing up, and they had a lot of local influence of the New York Italian American culture. I grew up in Washington state, as far away from all that as you can physically get; I knew I was Italian and so were my siblings, and we always looked different from everybody else in school. Almost anytime I met somebody else who was at least half Italian, we always became fast friends even if the cultural things they'll be experienced were very different. The older I get, and I'm on my 30s now, the stranger. It is to think about how rare being half of something really is these days, especially in America. My sons are both only a quarter Italian, but I gave them traditional Italian names, unlike mine. I get really sad when I think about how much of my culture I'll never really be able to connect with; at the same time, there are countless things about myself that I would absolutely define as being specific to being Italian that almost nobody I know outside of my family experiences or grew up with. Sure, there are many people living in Italy who would call someone like me fake, but have traveled the world enough to know that there's no point fighting over who's more or less something. As long as you're willing to keep the things that are important to you alive in who you are and how you act. My boys know that their dad is Italian, and that they are too. And even if it's just a small amount, I'll still pass on what I know to them about our culture and who we are, as a family, and I think that's what matters.
@Phodie56 Thank you for your very well thought out comment. And I wonder why Italian Americans are somewhat “under attack” lately? Who came up with this? When I grew up everyone that wasn’t Italian wanted to be Italian!!! Your decision to give your children traditional Italian names is admirable and very key. Applause! 🇮🇹
@@theundertaker5068 I know a small handful of words; mostly foods and greetings, but I definitely want to learn more languages in general. I recently learned Japanese, and I became fluent in German back in school. I love learning new things, even if those new things are still part of who I am/have always been
Decades ago? How about 100 yrs ago, like the mid 1920s. My grandaughter 27 yrs old.... like me is Half Italian and half Irish. She would not know Italy if she fell over it.
You are not italians, you are simply american I can assure that I, as a German am far more Italian, than any Italo-American. We as europeans are far more similar to each other than many might believe. It's alway funny to me to see, lets say "Italo-Amaicans", telling about their heritage an beeing somehow "Italian". I and most of my friends identify as not only germans but as well as "Europeans". Itlaian youth is just the same. We share a lot (Values, Sports (Football), Holidays, Politics, Currency, History). Of course there are differences like language and certain parts of culture, but in general we are closer to each other than to our cousins overseas.
I confirm what you say! I am Italian and when I was on Erasmus in Portugal I was in contact with young people from all over Europe. There were undoubtedly various cultural differences, but certainly there were more things that united us!
Lol Alemania is not more similar to Italian than Italian-American. You’re on every Italian-American video saying this. Spain might be more similar but not deutchland😂😂😂
I'm not Italian but I love Italian culture, food, and history. To those who are Italian- American out there continue to preserve your heritage, culture, etc because other white Americans abandoned their heritage.
@@Eddy02796 today in America Italians are considered white, but over 115 years ago they were not considered white in America. Italians were given all kinds of messed up names back in the day and they were not considered white back then maybe ethnic people of Europe and not white. Most Europeans when they came to America didn't even know what white was because it didn't exist to them, however once they knew what it was then they started identifying themselves with white.
The US government identified Italians as white as were all Europeans. It was not up to Italians or any European ethnicity to identify their race. Upon entering the US the Italians as all Europeans were listed as White. because they were white. Also the census from the 1800's, Italians were listed as White and again as were all Europeans. They were aware of race, and ethnicity. They knew of all the ethnic Europeans. Italy was invaded by the Celts, Normans, Goths, Visigoths. So identity as European was of course important to them.
joe Moschetta good point. It’s all political. The right lumps Italians into white to help preserve their racial majority. While the left want Italians to be grouped into white so that we can be legally discriminated against (protected class status). It’s shortsighted and nefarious on both ends.
Italians are definitely white. Italian is an Indo-European language in the same family as Germanic, Slavic and Celtic languages. Yes the further south you go in Europe the darker the skin, due to evolution to sunlight, but you wouldn't be able to differentiate between the skeleton of a south-German and a north-Italian.
AdmiralBonetoPick Italians are Caucasian. Some are white, many are olive. The language, culture, and DNA are all unique from Anglo, Gaelic, Germanic, Nordic, and Slavic families. Italy is a Mediterranean peninsula on the European continent. This is the sole reason it is grouped with the Indo-European tree you cite, albeit an exclusive branch.
Federico García Lorca wrote this poem about an italian singer who sung Flamenco 1831-1889 His name was Silverio Franconetti, one of the best flamenco singers of all times, there is a problem when it comes to support him, There are no recordings of his voice, but they call him The Father and the King of Flamenco singing. (as incredible as it sounds). I'm not talking about an italian guy who sung flamenco, I'm talking about the best of the best, about 45% of flamenco singers copy a lot from him. Anyways here's the poem from García Lorca about Silverio: Between Italian and flamenco ... what did he sound like ? the dense honey from italy mixed with our lemons and joined into the deep cry of the "Cantaor" (singer) his voice was so very powerful...The old gypsies (gitanos) say you could feel your hair trembling and the mercury of the mirrors cracked when he was singing! He would go through tones without breaking them. He was a creator and a gardener. a roundabout maker of silence. now his melody sleeps with the echoes, definitive and pure! with the last echoes!... Please support this guy, He's falling into Oblivion and he doesn't deserve it, The pure Flamencos call him The Father and The King of all flamenco singers...He was the first to sing for queen Isabel II (when Flamenco was taboo for all nobles) and after that all the nobles wanted him in theaters, If it hadn't been for him maybe flamenco wouldn't have survived until nowadays because he wrote all the books about flamenco rythms...This is how important he was on the evolution of flamenco (very very important, but there are no recordings...some documentaries triying to imitate Silverio but his voice was never recorded. I used to work in an Italian restaurant and I love Italian people, hello from the northwest of Spain. And here's is the documentary, Hope you enjoy it, you italians can sing to Anything LOL. Here's the documentry...I'm sorry it's in Spanish but you will make something out of it...and yes the best ever flamenco singer was Italian. Here's a short documentary czcams.com/video/A4tSGE9anqk/video.html
He was not Italian tho, he was born and raised in Seville. His father was Italian, that's why he had an Italian name, but his mother was Spanish. To all effects he was technically (and most importantly, culturally) Andalusian.
@@LaughterCigar Of course he is spanish, his mother Concepción Aguilar was born in Alcalá de Guadaira (Sevilla), and Silverio was born in Sevilla too, his father nicolás was born in Rome (he was italian).
My cousin is half Italian and half Irish and he moved to CO from NY a few years back. He always says that the biggest thing he misses, not being able to get good Italian food out there.
@@mindriot91_96 I agree. There are some good delis in Denver and Pueblo for great Italian foods. I've been in Colorado Springs for a while now but sure miss my Italian relatives in the Chicago area. I try to always cook good Italian food for my kids and grandkids and always talk to them about their Italian heritage.
@@nippy7425 Italian food is popular, especially among people of European descent (70% of the population of Colorado Springs) or Latin American descent (16% of the population of Colorado Springs). So probably some demand.
There isn’t that much substance to standard American culture, so it makes sense that white Americans would want to cling on to their ancestor’s cultures. I don’t see anything wrong with people celebrating the culture they’ve been raised in, Italian-American culture is an offshoot of the mother Italian Culture, so whilst this means that Italian-American and Italian cultures are different, it doesn’t make either culture superior to another. At the end of the day, you’re probably all distant cousins and should stand up for your own diaspora instead of rejecting them. Not every Italian-American is a walking “Sopranos” stereotype, most are normal working/middle class people, who know nothing else. To tell them to stop acting how they’ve been raised is absurd. Said by someone from the U.K.
I think what most Italians mean is that Italian Americans should embrace the fact their culture is not just Italian anymore! I don't think they're comparable, I mean Italian/Latin culture has existed for thousand of years, the Italian American for 2 hundred years at most...
@@gnamorfra we are not so foolish as to believe our culture is italian. It is a different culture, Italian american, and is a new culture. It is essential for us to make the choice to avoid mainstream american homogenization and consumer identity.
@@matthewdigiordano1476 I have to say that I've seen Italian Americans defining themselves Italians as the "Italy Italians", which is a term per se ridiculous. Countless times I've been lectured about my own culture and country, to the cry of "I'm as Italian as you are". I'm aware not every Italian Americans is like that, but unfortunately many do see it that way.
@@gnamorfra I agree with you; the term "Italy Italians" is ridiculous, and I'm sorry that you've had confrontations with such ignorant people. I appreciate you understanding that not all of us Italian Americans are like that.
All eight of my great grandparents came to America from different parts of Italy and no one ever even tried to teach or educate me on preparing food or a meal in my entire fucking life.
That's one of the reasons why I see a lot of Italians being racist against the new wave of immigrants. They don't want to lose their language, culture, or traditions from their home countries because they did. At least in the area I grew up in which is deep Trump country.
Italian food in the US is Italian-American and is not what you find in Italy. Olive Garden and what you find in Pizza restaurants is as Italian as Chinese food is Chinese. That said, the second and third generations of Italian Americans, having no need to blend into American society, are embracing their Italian heritage with gusto and discovering that Italian food and products are second to none. For anyone that thinks all there is to Italian culture is food, you are an ignoramus, there is not other country that comes close to have the culture of Italy, sorry France but true. Florence is museum, Venice is Venice, and ever heard of Napoli - she is NY, Barcelona, and Paris, all rolled into one Italian masterpiece.
I'm not as in tune with my Mother's culture. but I love when I can immerse myself in it, even if I'm only a quarter Italian and a quarter Sicilian. now with a son, I will do my best to keep the culture alive with him. maybe he will find a nice Italian girl one day.
Jason Blowhard’s Strength and Fitness yeah same thing happened with Sicily a ton of Phoenicians traveled to Sicily and mated with Sicilian woman. That’s why Sicilians have a darker skin tone then many other Italians.
Spent over 50 years in the u.k. as an immigrant. Now I spend half the year in sicily. Life in one part of italy is different to another part.There is no typical italian. So i see america as another italian region. I love that after 3,4 generations they are hanging on to their origional roots. ♥️
TheDoh60 31 years in Uk as well, in the black country, Walsall to be precise. But still totally Italian. Where do you live in the UK? Lo parli ancora l'Italiano? Io al 100%
@@sergiodario58able live in Hoddesdon in hertfordshire. Quite a large sicilian community here. I speak sicilian but with an English accent. I get by in Italian. Go to Italy as much as i can. It still pulls me
@@dominickn914 Non esistono neri italiani. Avere la cittadinanza italiana non ti rende automaticamente italiano. Oggigiorno possiamo acquisire la cittadinanza di qualsiasi Stato (ad eccezione di alcuni).
I disagree when you meet the people who celebrate the Feast days and different things of their Hometown they're definitely keeping the traditions. Don't be a stereotypical piece of s*** like everybody else on this
I'm not sure about this, but maybe a little bit. A bit out of topic, but still related, there's this Maori family called Paniora which, guess what, is of Spanish origin (paniora is basically a maori language adaptation of española, as in "familia española"). This is, this is apparently the largest family clan of Maori ethnicity, yet they trace their roots back to the mid 19th century, to when a Spanish sailor decided to stay within native Maori tribes and had several wives and many children. Though they are mostly Maori and their only Spanish ancestor was this man, it is him who kind of iniciated the Paniora family lineage, hence the importance of this man. Thing is, in a documentary not long ago they tried to find some long distant family in Spain, adn so just happened this man's sister still has descendants in Andalusia, the region he was from. So this Maori people got in contact with their Spanish Andalusian distant relatives, and they showed them "typical" Spanish things, that is.... Flamenco XD It was absolutely cringy to watch them amazed at flamenco dancing saying "wow, I can almost see my ancestors dancing to that music, I feel in in my vains". Well, that would be quite surprising since Flamenco as we know it now a days is a late 19th century invention and didn't really became actual Flamenco (with dress inclusded) till 1924, so these Maori people Spanish ancestors would have never dress in a flamenco dress, nor dance flamenco, and would probably look at it as something completely alien to them as Flamenco is the stereotypical, yet the most artificial dance and aesthetic you can find in Spain. It is actaully not even considered traditional nor folk music and dancing, basically because it is not. Of course it has a lot of traditional and folk elements to it (like the castañuleas, the pandereta, some of the rythms, and some of the dancing), but it is overall a 20th century invention for the aesthetics, so any Spaniards from 18000 (let alone previous centuries) would just be shocked to see anything flamenco related. So I felt for these poor people believing they ahd this deep conection to flamenco, when in reality none of their ancestor would have known shit of it XD But hey, that's what their Andalusian family tought them, I don't know if they did it in all seriousness (after all today many people seem to think Flamenco is an actual traditional dance or whatever and it has become part of Andalusian culture, even if artificially), or if they just did it for the docummentary, but it was cringy at best. All they learnt about Spain were stereotypes, and msot of them were stereotypes only believed by foreigners and created in the past 150 years, when their actual Spanish ancestors were more than 200 years old, so their ancestors had literally 0 to do with most of the things they were taught about Spain.
These kids are NOT Millennials!!! They are Generation Z. Im sick of ppl just calling every young person a millenial. If you were born after 1996, your not a Millennial. Millenials are in their late 20s early 30s
3rd gen on all grandparents sides. You shouldn't shame people for wanting to save their heritage. Most came here to escape war, famine and poverty. Remember most Italian hate comes from old nationalist white supremacy/KKK. People can enjoy their culture, speak other languages and be pround of their bloodline.
God bless everyone on this Report, I was born in Sydney Australia, I have 2 Citizenship, Italy and Australia, my parents arrived in Australia in the late 1950's 60's, from Palmi Calabria. It's fantastic that these beautiful young people want to preserve their Culture.
1)Learn the language and speak it properly (no dialect) 2)Learn to control the volume of your voice when you speak to others Italians 3)Learn European values 4)Respect Italians that came from other places like Africa o Asia 5)Respect the original Italian cusine 6)Be aware that Italy is rich developed country that have many different cultures 7)Visit Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan and Venice 8)Try to understand the recent history of Italy and Europe 9)Go to a soccer game 10)Be proud of your heritage
Malachi Shekelshoah Lampshadestein lol this says to not speak dialect even though many do... then says africa or asia... no Ethnic Italians are the inly Italians all others are immigrants
When the migrated from Italy to USA, they were illetterate farmers and speaking just a regional dialect, they were ignorant about their culture and history, they brought with themselves only few peasant simple regional recipes, not finding all the ingredients they transformed and reinvented these traditional recipes.
I just found out my great great grandmother was a italian woman but she never passed down her language or culture she just stayed with the mexican culture why is that so tell me someone
Because in her generation was frowned upon. You spoke English you melted into the Melting Pot. And that wasn't a bad thing it's unfortunate but it wasn't bad. The United States isn't United if you haven't noticed
@@you-in5iy same genes? The italic peninsula got invaded so many times by so many populations that there's no such a thing as Italian genes relevant enough to make you instantly Italian. If we in Italy had this mindset half of us should call ourselves Greeks or Arabs, or Gallics lol. Doesn't matter the past, Italian Americans are so far away from actual Italians
Yes I’m proud to be American, but I will always love and respect my Italian heritage...food is such an important part of our culture. EVERY Sunday I eat pasta and will until the day I die. There is nothing better than breaking bread with the people you love (familia)
Food is such an important part of your habits. Saying that food is an important part of the Italian culture means to destroy a history lasting 2000 of years. A history made by peoples who have inhabited this land and have built the Western civilization. Italy is not just pizza, pasta and mandolino. Che poi... Cosa cazzo è sto mandolino? 😂
If food is your culture leran more about it! It is not only pasta ! There are many seafood specialties as well as meat cut in special ways. You are too limited. Broaden up your culture on food if you want to talk about.And don't forget the wine !
I live in a pridominately Hispanic city and I'm one of the 2 Italians in my school but I try to keep my heritage alive as much as possible even tho my mom doesn't, she wants me to hide it :( Update: I'm now not allowed to cook the foods my nana and nonna taught me how to make
P.s I'm a salvadorian that knows how to speak Spanish pretty well now ( not fluent yet ) . I actually understand some Italian and I am trying to learn Italian as a third language.If you learn Spanish in school , Italian will be easier to learn.
My ears started bleeding as soon as I heard it! Leonardo da Vinci, the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, Dante Alighieri and his divine comedy ... but no, the only important thing for Italians is food!
@Tony Soprano so? He wasn't even that powerful In the Cosa Nostra, especially not in the Chicago outfit. If that's seriously what you think of Italian-americans, your living under a rock.
I agree. I wish there was an Italian rights organization to help us get back what we have lost. I feel like our racial identities have been erased by America along with our culture. Everything has become so Americanized. Also racism towards Italian Americans is always accepted and then swept under the rug like it doesn’t exist. I wish our people were united and strong like we were 60-70 years ago. Maybe some day we’ll regain our culture in America.... I hope anyways.
keep fighting..but why do we need to fight Italian's in italy too? the Italians in the south were oppressed by the north and til this day are still chastised ..disgraceful
@@amadeopaul4647 the only way to be compensated in the usa is through the courts, unfortunately ..look at African Americans trying to get reparations for slavery ..stilllll just talking...11 Italians were lynched in New Orleans .. fruit peddlers Antonio Bagnetto, Antonio Marchesi and Antonio Scaffidi; stevedores James Caruso and Rocco Geraci; cobbler Pietro Monasterio; tinsmith Loreto Comitis; street vendor Emmanuele Polizzi; fruit importer Joseph P. Macheca; ward politician Frank Romero; and rice plantation laborer Charles Traina.”
American - "I'm Italian" Italian "Can you speak Italian" American -"Not a word" Italian "Point Italy out on a globe" American points randomly at Russia.....
@@jasonablah7702 Plus I am in Europe. I dont come cross many Mexicans or Africans. But we see constant Americans on tv who claim Italian heritage but know diddly squit about Italy....
@@bg4928 Nah you tell me, you're the one whose gatekeeping. I'm Sicilian. I look Sicilian. It is quantifiable on a DNA test Grew up speaking my grandma's dialect (grandparents are fron Comiso). I can get Italian citizenship through Jus Sanguis tomorrow if I wanted. Does that pass your test?
The Italian culture is great and you must keep it.The same way us Irish have our culture and traditions. Both have a common tradition they brought from Europe of being willing to work hard. Greeting from Ireland🇮🇪
the Irish are very prevalent in the usa for stucco, plastering, painting and bars of course, just like the Italians ..immigrants had to struggle to survive any way they could..much respect
Oh no, another wannabe italian. Having an Italian last name it doesn't make you italian. When the legacy with the fatherland is broke, that's it, it's over. Like the so called Italian Americans, they aren't Italians at all.
@Salvatore Almalfitano Because from the 1960s to modern times would be a good 3 generations of 'modern' American integration. If we were to debate this during the late 1800s to the early 1900s when the italians first migrated to America, then it would be a different story since the people of the past were more traditional who wanted to maintain their existing cultures onto their descendants. As time progressed, the generations of the modern era stop maintaining their distant traditions and simply force integrated their children into the American culture. It can even be said that nowdays that within America, there's a heavy change with the children of immigrants with just 1 generation. Thats a huge push. The demographic of America is also primarily comprised of nordic caucasians. Their nordic culture has had the largest impact with the development of America. This is evident with the food, language, music, economics, government etc etc. Therefore the integration of future generations WILL largely be impacted by the dominating culture in America and that is Nordic based.
The nordic version of Italian " mediterranean culture " is Transalpin . LIGURY , Northwest. That the Piedmont and stuff . Im from Piemonteis background and Thats even not like in this video . You confused stuff . 99% of Italians that were immigrate in US were from the south . Also , americanized Italian is more accurate .
@@thehittite6536No they don't. Since the advent of DNA testing Italian DNA is mostly European. A small percentage may have Central Asian DNA, but the findings of Italian DNA is as follows: French, British, Greek Germanic DNA and more. Also, Italians have the most add-ons than any other people. The DNA of Italian-Americans is from the Italy of the 18th, and 19th Centuries. Speaking for myself and cousins our DNA is mostly Southern (Neapolitan) Italian, but some Northern also British, French and Germanic (maybe Austrian). I know hundreds of Italians and many have DNA testing results as I have described. The people of Sicily may have some Middle Eastern, but also have DNA from European countries. To add to these facts most Europeans have DNA from countries other than their own.
Salvadorian isnt a race , Im salvadorian and my family is mixed but we look very white and Mediterranean compared to average salvadorian who look very native American .I've been confused for everything from part black and white , to Iranian,spaniard ,indian and yes even a couple times italian .
Caution! We got the professionals here, 'Made in Italy' types............. the ones who have no traditions, eat Kebab,......basically Europeans who speak Italian. They complain that we have our Italian American ways and that we enjoy the prosperity of living in the Good Old United States! ENVY! Tutti Voi, Italioti, non ci importa la vostra opinione.
@john vento you are not Italian. You are a Russian troll. Please stop hacking and dividing for political manipulation. Focus on another target and delete your account.
@john vento nice story. Il russo stupidità umana, you fail to recognize Italians as being originators of Latino culture. You think only Hispanics are Latino. You are uninformed and a charlatan, if not a social media hacker.
gli americani a volte leggono la E finale come una I a volte la saltano a piedi pari. tipo Martin Scorsese lo leggono come Scorsesi, mentre Sylvester Stallone dicono Stallon
L.A. Chacin pretty ignorant comment. You obviously don’t know your history as it relates to Italian immigrants in the US. Secondly, while Italians are Caucasian (which is a bone structure not a skin color), many are not actually “white”, but rather olive skinned. Similar to Greece, and other Mediterranean countries.
@@giovannicozentura8075 well I'd call italians and yes even us hispanics a mixed bag of people .The moors invaded spain ,portugal amd sicily , then the phoenicans came around , the greeks, even some black people .There were also germanic ,celtic and viking raids .
@Greg Valdez that’s true about the history. But I think it’s affect is sometimes overstated. I’ll use myself as an example. My complexion is on the darker side for being full Sicilian. And my DNA results show that I’m 88% Italian and the remainder mostly Iberian. I had less than 3% that could be attributed to Arab/Moor.
Yes and 50% youth unemployment, half of the Nation is economically depressed, fascist politicians are going to win the next elections, racism is rampant....but food is good, it's sunny most of the year around, and we usually spend our time playing mandolino and singing O sole Mio...
@@strikedn Obviously you didn't watch the video because I'm talking about what Italy brings to the people More than just pasta and pizza We have beautiful oceans we used to have a booming tuna industry and Sicily that's now a museum We have the Coliseum the Vatican the leaning tower all these beautiful things come from our country The politicians may have corrupted the people but there is no way to corrupt Mother Earth
This makes me so happy! My mom was Italian and my dad was Sicilian and we lived in New York. I was used to eating Italian food and a lot of fish because my dad and the rest of the family we were fishing all the time and never saw a fast food restaurant only on brief occasions on the once a year school shopping,
Lol, is this a real thing in the US?! Sicilians are Italians, Italy is formed by 20 different regions but it's only one country. When I go abroad I don't say "Hi, I'm Sicilian"! I say I'm Italian and I come from Sicily, period. Siete una manica di ignorantoni, c'è poco da fare...
be proud of your heritage sure we are american but if we look back at our family tree someone in our family came from another country and i have immigrant friends
The culture died about 35 years ago in most of the country. Its done and it aint coming back. Thats a fact and its over. In Argentina it is different, but, not in the USA!
The Italian Argentinians I ever knew were solid and proud of their Italian ancestral heritage. The Italian Americans I knew were the same. The last 30 years, the Italian Americans have become too americanized and pussies. Backstabbers.
Italy wasn't a country when these Neapolitans/Sicilians came to America. I don't understand why they take credit for everything that didn't happen in Sicily and Naples, e.g. Florentine stuff, Milanese stuff, Venetian stuff, and Tuscan stuff.
James you are clearly uneducated. Did you graduate high school, son? Italy united in 1871. Most of the immigrants came during the 1910s-20s. Read. Learn. Educate yourself.
1860 = Piedmont sardinia aeras like Savoie and Nissa ( unfortunally ) given or stolen by France , a part of the deal to make Victorio II King of Italy unified . 1861 Italy becomes Unified ..
As an Asian born and bred in the west? I can attest to the fact that Indian culture in the west isn’t the same as back in our old country. Don’t sweat it, societies and civilizations are designed to change to adapt to their new environment.
What a ridiculous statement. Of course you can learn Italian from someone who isn't native. And you can actually learn a language MORE EFFICIENTLY from a non-native speaker because they understand what it takes to learn a language. They understand the best methods with which to teach, because they had to learn themselves. As native speakers, we take for granted our own language, and many times do not even know the rules. We just know what sounds right.
@@user-nw1pq9xe2x do you really believe you could reach a good level from a non native speaker? How could a non native teach you a proper accent or slang words that are common to native speakers when she/he doesn't know them?
@@randomguy5189 Slang words are not.important to learn in a classroom. In a classroom you learn the basics, and once you do, you go to the country and there.you learn the slang. A teacher should not be teaching you slang. I speak italian, greek, english, and spanish, and I absolutely agree with what I said. I also have taught languages. So no, you do not have to be a native speaker to teach a language. And if you fully read my first comment, you would understand why.
Italy, cradle of western civilization, 23 centuries of history and legislation, the country with highest number of unesco world heritage sites, fatherland of the renaissance and opera
Joseph Ciccone: *IN THE ITALIAN CULTURE THE MAIN THING IS FOOD*
@Tina Yael Severinovna M. Yeah, it is *Also* about food, but not mainly, I'd say less than 30%, our history is something to be prouder of
@Tina Yael Severinova M. Yeah, you're right... But you guys have to understand that Italy has changed.
In Italy there are still many customs... for ex. We, dozens of relatives, always eat our grandparents' on Sunday lunch.
At home we still speak dialect and still cook typical regional dishes.
Italians are the same people but the approach to life has changed compared with 50/60 years ago.
Italy got richer, we're now a modern society... We have to work (both men and women), we have to get children to school, we have to study, we're always busy for a myriad of reasons, we're more 'western'.
What I'm trying to say is that the priorites in life are different now and many local habits have disappeared, like the great importance attached to food... I think it is more common among Italian Americans than Italians.
While Italians in America were trying to explain to children and grandchildren what it meant to be Italian, the way of being Italians changed in Italy.
Our customs have remained the same but the importance we attach to them has changed (both in the north and in the south).
Furthermore, your grondmother probably would have said that food is a very important part of 'the Italian culture' beacuse people were poor (especially in the south), simple and humble and with a very low level of education (not ignorant, but without tools to understand things better), so they couldn't know a lot of things.
@Tina Yael Severinova M. Sure, when you have few things you have low standards, so you tend to have an emotional attachment to your little world.
I'm from Campania too (I raised and I live in Italy) and what I see... is that Italian Americans are similiar to my grandparents' generation, but not to mine.
I don't mean that my generation is not gonna carry on the 'Italian tradition', but in a different way and from a different point of view.
Food is important because in Italy is a time for togetherness, but (for ex.) my fiancée works till dark and often she has no time to cook... I might as well order a Glovo 😂
But if I saw pineapple on a pizza I think I would have an heart attack hahaha
@Tina Yael Severinova M. I agree with every word you said.
It's like stereotypes... I'm not saying that all the stereotypes on the Italians are not true, but they're just old Italian habits.
For ex. I met two Canadian guys last summer and they were amazed at how good my level of English was (it's not all that perfect but I'm not bad at speaking it) 😂
It was Rome ... Italy became a Nation in 1868 , before that it was City, State Nations within the Peninsula
I've been to Italy. This is not Italian. Italian-american has become it's own thing.
Yes it kinda like a creole cutlure 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
Elitist divisive snob.
Martincito714 you’ve “been to Italy” therefore you’re qualified to make an intelligent judgement? Guess what, all those “Italians” you saw in Venice, Florence and Rome were actually tourists. 🙄
No disrespect whatsoever to great people like Italians, but one thing is that Italians all over the world have a bad habit of arguing who is the "more" or "real" Italian, which can be a very subjective topic. People should understand that these Italians in America are maintaining customs and traditions from Italy that was of decades upon decades ago. That's why it seems "outdated" to see Italian food in America, yet nonetheless, it's food from the earlier days of Italian cuisine. But in the end, logically, all people of Italian heritage all over the world, are Italians to good degrees.
Chengez Hussaini the fact that such a pathetic and divisive comment received 45 likes proves you are absolutely correct.
That's beautiful, but please, study the history of Italy, not only the language, it's important. That guy, Joseph, practically said "Italian culture is food"... it's quite offensive
Benito Mussolini
@@shrek19yearsago78 do you think that you are funny?
It's also food. Food is very important for Italians.
@@sidetony6052 I am Italian
@@Stefanovic90961 e allora lo sai quant'è importante il cibo per gli italiani!
"ITALIAN CULTURE, THE MAIN THING IS FOOD" HAHAHAHAH Over 2000 years of history culture and arts. Thats really sad.
Lol. Don’t say family! Say food!! My God Millennia babies are killing us!!
It's not wrong.
Lol I'm not even Italian , but I know that .
i mean that's his personal experience with italian culture - and he's also not wrong to a certain extent
@@user-nw1pq9xe2x yes it is
Hispanic here ,that speaks spanish also understands and speaks alittle bit of italian , don't lose your culture !
Spanish and Italian languages are similar because they are both European Latin countries.
@@Mr.White10-65 just like Romanian
@@carlgustafemilmannerheim5661 An italian could understand atleast half of what someone speaking spanish would say, but they wouldn't understand anything or veeeery little romanian, sadly
@@leonardodavid2842 I wasn't saying it wasn't a latin language, I think it's pretty obvious that it is, but I was saying it's difficult to have mutual intelligibility. I'm glad they're able to understand us tho!
@@samoomoo. it's quite different you're absolutely right. But I can tell u a fun fact: a way to say in sicilian "leave me alone" is "lassami in paci" you don't believe it but in romanian it's exactly the same thing ahah
As someone from Napoli (most Italian-Americans came from the south of Italy), I think these children should be proud of their heritage. Italian immigrants came to the U.S. as some of the poorest and most discriminated against immigrants in U.S. history. Italian-Americans have risen to being one of the most educated immigrant groups and their median family income as a whole is far above the U.S. median. All with little help from the government and society at large.
American millennials of Italian descendants should get to KNOW Italian culture first.
Being Italian goes over food, being Italian means being part of more than 2000 years of culture, with its pro and cons
I’m Canadian Italian I can respect this and I’ve grown up with the Italian traditions
I’m an Italian Canadian too
So am I and i find it easier to be a Italian American than , than it is in Canada , I am 60 years old and we had to put up with a lot crap years ago.
Joseph Forest my family members used to tell me that.
Some wouldn’t be accepted for jobs so eventually they ate stray cats
Canadian italians are just like brooklyn italians, people with no culture and doesn't speak italian. So why bother calling yourself Italian?
@@ericktwelve11 because they're ethnically Italian.
Viva l'Italia !
Per sempre!
It's freaking insane that people don't recognize difference between Italians and Italo Americans. So for those genius Amish are the same to Germans?!!!
I’m very proud of them for maintaining the culture. The most important thing is to learn the language. Even if not fluent, it all begins with the most beautiful Latin Romance language there is, standard proper Italian. And this will go a long way towards the cultural preservation.
agree
They're not Italians,I regard more Italian a German than theese people
@@lucadipietro61 True 😂
@Luca Di Pietro these people are obviously not German. Put down the Fentanyl and stop the dummy accounts
@@antonioluciano5788 but they aren't Italian..m
I'm italian like I actually live in Italy and serious question, what do you eat if you don't eat pasta everyday?
MAYDAY AMERICANS HAVE RUINED ITALIANS FOOD NO ONE LISTENS WHEN I SAY SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALLS ARE AN AMERICAN THING NO ONE CAN EVEN PRONOUNCE ANYTHING CORRECTLY IN ITALIANO AND THE STEREOTYPES ARE RIDICULOUS 😭😭😭
i am diabetic and dont eat much pasta..farm fresh produce is for me
pierogi and borscht with cabbage rolls
jk i eat tacos
Jak you arent italian you are canadian
I ate so much pasta as a kid I’m done with it for life. Lol. I eat American food which means a bit of everything. Chicken and vegetables, salads, rice, tacos, Chinese takeout, eggs. But my staple dinner is either chicken or salmon with mixed vegetables.
I am an Italian American, and I grew up as a 2nd generation Italian; my family had to give up our traditions before we came to the states, So I grew up with out a lot of the culture that our family would have had. That said, my mother and her family made a lot of Italian dishes growing up, and they had a lot of local influence of the New York Italian American culture. I grew up in Washington state, as far away from all that as you can physically get; I knew I was Italian and so were my siblings, and we always looked different from everybody else in school. Almost anytime I met somebody else who was at least half Italian, we always became fast friends even if the cultural things they'll be experienced were very different. The older I get, and I'm on my 30s now, the stranger. It is to think about how rare being half of something really is these days, especially in America. My sons are both only a quarter Italian, but I gave them traditional Italian names, unlike mine. I get really sad when I think about how much of my culture I'll never really be able to connect with; at the same time, there are countless things about myself that I would absolutely define as being specific to being Italian that almost nobody I know outside of my family experiences or grew up with. Sure, there are many people living in Italy who would call someone like me fake, but have traveled the world enough to know that there's no point fighting over who's more or less something. As long as you're willing to keep the things that are important to you alive in who you are and how you act. My boys know that their dad is Italian, and that they are too. And even if it's just a small amount, I'll still pass on what I know to them about our culture and who we are, as a family, and I think that's what matters.
And the only thing in italian you can say is Pasta, Pizza🤣🤣 i don't get you americans
It's never too late to learn more about your culture! You can learn Italian for free on Duolingo, CZcams, etc too
@Phodie56
Thank you for your very well thought out comment. And I wonder why Italian Americans are somewhat “under attack” lately? Who came up with this? When I grew up everyone that wasn’t Italian wanted to be Italian!!! Your decision to give your children traditional Italian names is admirable and very key. Applause! 🇮🇹
@@theundertaker5068 I know a small handful of words; mostly foods and greetings, but I definitely want to learn more languages in general. I recently learned Japanese, and I became fluent in German back in school. I love learning new things, even if those new things are still part of who I am/have always been
@@Phodie56 theundertaker isn't even real Italian, just a troll. Don't mind him.
They lost their accent that’s for sure.
So sad to hear. I freaking love the old Italian American accent!
Well yeah they're American. I'm Italian American and my family speaks like anyone else
plumeria66 yeah that happens when u move and/or live in another country
Danny883 No I was in NJ in the 80s When they had a strong accent. You weren’t there.
@No Face No, he is ITALIAN-AMERICAN, not actually Italian.
Decades ago? How about 100 yrs ago, like the mid 1920s. My grandaughter 27 yrs old.... like me is Half Italian and half Irish. She would not know Italy if she fell over it.
There is no such a thing as being half Italian. Italian is not race, it's our culture and national identity.
You are more proud than us italians from Italy about our heritage 🇮🇹❤️
You to leave Italy for a bit, to find out just how lucky you are.
I am thinking of moving back to southern Italy.where my parents are from
Family, food, music, values, traditions, customs, principles ❤ a beautiful Latin European culture.
You are not italians, you are simply american
I can assure that I, as a German am far more Italian, than any Italo-American.
We as europeans are far more similar to each other than many might believe. It's alway funny to me to see, lets say "Italo-Amaicans", telling about their heritage an beeing somehow "Italian".
I and most of my friends identify as not only germans but as well as "Europeans". Itlaian youth is just the same.
We share a lot (Values, Sports (Football), Holidays, Politics, Currency, History). Of course there are differences like language and certain parts of culture, but in general we are closer to each other than to our cousins overseas.
I confirm what you say! I am Italian and when I was on Erasmus in Portugal I was in contact with young people from all over Europe. There were undoubtedly various cultural differences, but certainly there were more things that united us!
Lol Alemania is not more similar to Italian than Italian-American. You’re on every Italian-American video saying this. Spain might be more similar but not deutchland😂😂😂
Italian-Americans are real. Sorry, not sorry you Italophobic bigot
The only thing you are far more of is Nazi.
you left out that lovely fashion fo Paux of dress socks and sneakers..stunning look..it's "simply European "
I'm not Italian but I love Italian culture, food, and history. To those who are Italian- American out there continue to preserve your heritage, culture, etc because other white Americans abandoned their heritage.
Amen
Italians are white man.
@@Eddy02796 today in America Italians are considered white, but over 115 years ago they were not considered white in America.
Italians were given all kinds of messed up names back in the day and they were not considered white back then maybe ethnic people of Europe and not white.
Most Europeans when they came to America didn't even know what white was because it didn't exist to them, however once they knew what it was then they started identifying themselves with white.
@@Eddy02796 tell that to the Sicilians
The US government identified Italians as white as were all Europeans. It was not up to Italians or any European ethnicity to identify their race. Upon entering the US the Italians as all Europeans were listed as White. because they were white. Also the census from the 1800's, Italians were listed as White and again as were all Europeans. They were aware of race, and ethnicity. They knew of all the ethnic Europeans. Italy was invaded by the Celts, Normans, Goths, Visigoths. So identity as European was of course important to them.
Well if you ask a bunch of Americans about Italian culture I don't see why you'd be surprised at their ignorance.
i keep wondering why white america is trying to remove our culture ,we are italians and the first and only latins
joe Moschetta good point. It’s all political. The right lumps Italians into white to help preserve their racial majority. While the left want Italians to be grouped into white so that we can be legally discriminated against (protected class status). It’s shortsighted and nefarious on both ends.
Italians are definitely white. Italian is an Indo-European language in the same family as Germanic, Slavic and Celtic languages. Yes the further south you go in Europe the darker the skin, due to evolution to sunlight, but you wouldn't be able to differentiate between the skeleton of a south-German and a north-Italian.
AdmiralBonetoPick Italians are Caucasian. Some are white, many are olive. The language, culture, and DNA are all unique from Anglo, Gaelic, Germanic, Nordic, and Slavic families. Italy is a Mediterranean peninsula on the European continent. This is the sole reason it is grouped with the Indo-European tree you cite, albeit an exclusive branch.
Antonio Luciano: They’re different from the Sicilians eh? Like the admixture of the Arabs and the Moors over the centuries.
ll विनी शर्मा ll Sicily is part of Italy.
Federico García Lorca wrote this poem about an italian singer who sung Flamenco 1831-1889 His name was Silverio Franconetti, one of the best flamenco singers of all times, there is a problem when it comes to support him, There are no recordings of his voice, but they call him The Father and the King of Flamenco singing. (as incredible as it sounds). I'm not talking about an italian guy who sung flamenco, I'm talking about the best of the best, about 45% of flamenco singers copy a lot from him. Anyways here's the poem from García Lorca about Silverio:
Between Italian and flamenco ... what did he sound like ?
the dense honey from italy mixed with our lemons and joined into the deep cry of the "Cantaor" (singer)
his voice was so very powerful...The old gypsies (gitanos) say you could feel your hair trembling and the mercury of the mirrors cracked when he was singing!
He would go through tones without breaking them.
He was a creator and a gardener.
a roundabout maker of silence.
now his melody sleeps with the echoes, definitive and pure!
with the last echoes!...
Please support this guy, He's falling into Oblivion and he doesn't deserve it, The pure Flamencos call him The Father and The King of all flamenco singers...He was the first to sing for queen Isabel II (when Flamenco was taboo for all nobles) and after that all the nobles wanted him in theaters, If it hadn't been for him maybe flamenco wouldn't have survived until nowadays because he wrote all the books about flamenco rythms...This is how important he was on the evolution of flamenco (very very important, but there are no recordings...some documentaries triying to imitate Silverio but his voice was never recorded. I used to work in an Italian restaurant and I love Italian people, hello from the northwest of Spain. And here's is the documentary, Hope you enjoy it, you italians can sing to Anything LOL. Here's the documentry...I'm sorry it's in Spanish but you will make something out of it...and yes the best ever flamenco singer was Italian. Here's a short documentary czcams.com/video/A4tSGE9anqk/video.html
He was not Italian tho, he was born and raised in Seville. His father was Italian, that's why he had an Italian name, but his mother was Spanish. To all effects he was technically (and most importantly, culturally) Andalusian.
@@LaughterCigar Of course he is spanish, his mother Concepción Aguilar was born in Alcalá de Guadaira (Sevilla), and Silverio was born in Sevilla too, his father nicolás was born in Rome (he was italian).
I'd give anything if there was a
great Italian grocer or deli here in Colorado Springs!
Open one yourself. Sounds like an under-served market.
My cousin is half Italian and half Irish and he moved to CO from NY a few years back. He always says that the biggest thing he misses, not being able to get good Italian food out there.
@@mindriot91_96
I agree. There are some good delis in Denver and Pueblo for great Italian foods. I've been in Colorado Springs for a while now but sure miss my Italian relatives in the Chicago area. I try to always cook good Italian food for my kids and grandkids and always talk to them about their Italian heritage.
@@AdmiralBonetoPick who in Colorado wants Italian food
@@nippy7425 Italian food is popular, especially among people of European descent (70% of the population of Colorado Springs) or Latin American descent (16% of the population of Colorado Springs). So probably some demand.
love being italian
yup
italian americans are not italian.they are a peculiar phenomenon of its own
Viva l’Italia, viva il tricolore 🇮🇹
Ee
There isn’t that much substance to standard American culture, so it makes sense that white Americans would want to cling on to their ancestor’s cultures. I don’t see anything wrong with people celebrating the culture they’ve been raised in, Italian-American culture is an offshoot of the mother Italian Culture, so whilst this means that Italian-American and Italian cultures are different, it doesn’t make either culture superior to another. At the end of the day, you’re probably all distant cousins and should stand up for your own diaspora instead of rejecting them. Not every Italian-American is a walking “Sopranos” stereotype, most are normal working/middle class people, who know nothing else. To tell them to stop acting how they’ve been raised is absurd.
Said by someone from the U.K.
I think what most Italians mean is that Italian Americans should embrace the fact their culture is not just Italian anymore! I don't think they're comparable, I mean Italian/Latin culture has existed for thousand of years, the Italian American for 2 hundred years at most...
Italians can spot and Italian - American in 5 seconds.
@@gnamorfra we are not so foolish as to believe our culture is italian. It is a different culture, Italian american, and is a new culture. It is essential for us to make the choice to avoid mainstream american homogenization and consumer identity.
@@matthewdigiordano1476 I have to say that I've seen Italian Americans defining themselves Italians as the "Italy Italians", which is a term per se ridiculous. Countless times I've been lectured about my own culture and country, to the cry of "I'm as Italian as you are". I'm aware not every Italian Americans is like that, but unfortunately many do see it that way.
@@gnamorfra I agree with you; the term "Italy Italians" is ridiculous, and I'm sorry that you've had confrontations with such ignorant people. I appreciate you understanding that not all of us Italian Americans are like that.
All eight of my great grandparents came to America from different parts of Italy and no one ever even tried to teach or educate me on preparing food or a meal in my entire fucking life.
Blame the culture that coerced them loose the vowels of their last name and the language to blend in.
That's one of the reasons why I see a lot of Italians being racist against the new wave of immigrants. They don't want to lose their language, culture, or traditions from their home countries because they did. At least in the area I grew up in which is deep Trump country.
Your absolutely correct. It's a complicated issue that's been watered down with corporate American culture
Italian language must be spoken in family
Italian food in the US is Italian-American and is not what you find in Italy. Olive Garden and what you find in Pizza restaurants is as Italian as Chinese food is Chinese. That said, the second and third generations of Italian Americans, having no need to blend into American society, are embracing their Italian heritage with gusto and discovering that Italian food and products are second to none. For anyone that thinks all there is to Italian culture is food, you are an ignoramus, there is not other country that comes close to have the culture of Italy, sorry France but true. Florence is museum, Venice is Venice, and ever heard of Napoli - she is NY, Barcelona, and Paris, all rolled into one Italian masterpiece.
I'm not as in tune with my Mother's culture. but I love when I can immerse myself in it, even if I'm only a quarter Italian and a quarter Sicilian. now with a son, I will do my best to keep the culture alive with him. maybe he will find a nice Italian girl one day.
Sicily is in Italy! Why do you separate Italy from Sicily??
donypina lol I know right
donypina because we all know the truth. Sicilians and Italians are two separate races!!!! Booooooooooom
donypina Most Italian regions are different from each other
Lol you have north italy and south italy lol lol ignorante
Italy is basically food? OK. I ain't watching this anymore.
Mediterranean pride
+Malachi Shekelshoah Lampshadestein not white
+Malachi Shekelshoah Lampshadestein most italians are semitic,like myself
Uh, no.
Italians are Arabs
Jason Blowhard’s Strength and Fitness yeah same thing happened with Sicily a ton of Phoenicians traveled to Sicily and mated with Sicilian woman. That’s why Sicilians have a darker skin tone then many other Italians.
I wonder if younger people still have the “New York accent”
I do
Spent over 50 years in the u.k. as an immigrant. Now I spend half the year in sicily.
Life in one part of italy is different to another part.There is no typical italian. So i see america as another italian region. I love that after 3,4 generations they are hanging on to their origional roots. ♥️
TheDoh60
31 years in Uk as well, in the black country, Walsall to be precise. But still totally Italian. Where do you live in the UK?
Lo parli ancora l'Italiano? Io al 100%
@@sergiodario58able live in Hoddesdon in hertfordshire. Quite a large sicilian community here. I speak sicilian but with an English accent. I get by in Italian. Go to Italy as much as i can. It still pulls me
Wasps should stop stereotyping people. We have have black Italians now.
@@dominickn914 Non esistono neri italiani. Avere la cittadinanza italiana non ti rende automaticamente italiano. Oggigiorno possiamo acquisire la cittadinanza di qualsiasi Stato (ad eccezione di alcuni).
My dad was a meatball sub and my mom was a Jersey Shore dvd boxset so I can really relate to this
Italian Italian here. Just drop this comment in case you think all Italian run a grocery store. It's not.
These people are as Italian as pizza is American
they don't celebrate their origins, they cultivate a stereotype.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I disagree when you meet the people who celebrate the Feast days and different things of their Hometown they're definitely keeping the traditions. Don't be a stereotypical piece of s*** like everybody else on this
Yep these "Italian" Americans are as Italian as Domino's Pizza..
I'm not sure about this, but maybe a little bit. A bit out of topic, but still related, there's this Maori family called Paniora which, guess what, is of Spanish origin (paniora is basically a maori language adaptation of española, as in "familia española"). This is, this is apparently the largest family clan of Maori ethnicity, yet they trace their roots back to the mid 19th century, to when a Spanish sailor decided to stay within native Maori tribes and had several wives and many children. Though they are mostly Maori and their only Spanish ancestor was this man, it is him who kind of iniciated the Paniora family lineage, hence the importance of this man. Thing is, in a documentary not long ago they tried to find some long distant family in Spain, adn so just happened this man's sister still has descendants in Andalusia, the region he was from. So this Maori people got in contact with their Spanish Andalusian distant relatives, and they showed them "typical" Spanish things, that is.... Flamenco XD It was absolutely cringy to watch them amazed at flamenco dancing saying "wow, I can almost see my ancestors dancing to that music, I feel in in my vains". Well, that would be quite surprising since Flamenco as we know it now a days is a late 19th century invention and didn't really became actual Flamenco (with dress inclusded) till 1924, so these Maori people Spanish ancestors would have never dress in a flamenco dress, nor dance flamenco, and would probably look at it as something completely alien to them as Flamenco is the stereotypical, yet the most artificial dance and aesthetic you can find in Spain. It is actaully not even considered traditional nor folk music and dancing, basically because it is not. Of course it has a lot of traditional and folk elements to it (like the castañuleas, the pandereta, some of the rythms, and some of the dancing), but it is overall a 20th century invention for the aesthetics, so any Spaniards from 18000 (let alone previous centuries) would just be shocked to see anything flamenco related. So I felt for these poor people believing they ahd this deep conection to flamenco, when in reality none of their ancestor would have known shit of it XD But hey, that's what their Andalusian family tought them, I don't know if they did it in all seriousness (after all today many people seem to think Flamenco is an actual traditional dance or whatever and it has become part of Andalusian culture, even if artificially), or if they just did it for the docummentary, but it was cringy at best. All they learnt about Spain were stereotypes, and msot of them were stereotypes only believed by foreigners and created in the past 150 years, when their actual Spanish ancestors were more than 200 years old, so their ancestors had literally 0 to do with most of the things they were taught about Spain.
We know because still you guys you don’t consider this as one of yours 😂😂😂😂😂
Get the old recipes! Write them down! Someday you will be glad you did. 🍕
Great respect for Italian-Americans! I'm Italian first, Australian citizen second, Fiero di essere Italiano!
@Attack Brutal yeah you can be Italian-American if you have Italian blood also I’m Argentinian-Italian because my great-great parents were Italians
@@franco199611 Nice, I'm a brazilian italian, my grandma is from Calabria, and grandpa, from Veneto. Salute, hermano!
Were you born in aus?
@@randomdude4669 yeap
@@KeyboredCoward then your an australian of Italian descent
Talking about the italian culture while the actual country of italy is dying
I agree its sad
These kids are NOT Millennials!!! They are Generation Z. Im sick of ppl just calling every young person a millenial. If you were born after 1996, your not a Millennial. Millenials are in their late 20s early 30s
3rd gen on all grandparents sides. You shouldn't shame people for wanting to save their heritage. Most came here to escape war, famine and poverty. Remember most Italian hate comes from old nationalist white supremacy/KKK. People can enjoy their culture, speak other languages and be pround of their bloodline.
Now some are in those hate groups and make racist remarks. Very, very racist!
You are always welcomed here in Italy, your ancestral fatherland.
God bless everyone on this Report, I was born in Sydney Australia, I have 2 Citizenship, Italy and Australia, my parents arrived in Australia in the late 1950's 60's, from Palmi Calabria. It's fantastic that these beautiful young people want to preserve their Culture.
1)Learn the language and speak it properly (no dialect)
2)Learn to control the volume of your voice when you speak to others Italians
3)Learn European values
4)Respect Italians that came from other places like Africa o Asia
5)Respect the original Italian cusine
6)Be aware that Italy is rich developed country that have many different cultures
7)Visit Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan and Venice
8)Try to understand the recent history of Italy and Europe
9)Go to a soccer game
10)Be proud of your heritage
Italians don't come from Africa or Asia.
Many of my friends are Italian of fourth generation with Chinese origins
www.lastampa.it/2018/07/02/esteri/in-italy-the-multiethnic-womens-national-track-relay-team-takes-home-gold-x7ccAJaT9K3hDc3BtaXsdM/pagina.html
Malachi Shekelshoah Lampshadestein lol this says to not speak dialect even though many do... then says africa or asia... no Ethnic Italians are the inly Italians all others are immigrants
Not speaking in the Italian dialects would be an even greater insult just saying.
"Newton" is as Italian as Wong. Seriously, there aren't many actual Italians in the US anymore.
the real italians are less than 200k i think, then the italian americans are around 20millions
I’m 1/2 Italian and my last name is Irish. I’m a 3rd gen American on my dads side and a 4th gen on my moms side.
When the migrated from Italy to USA, they were illetterate farmers and speaking just a regional dialect, they were ignorant about their culture and history, they brought with themselves only few peasant simple regional recipes, not finding all the ingredients they transformed and reinvented these traditional recipes.
I just found out my great great grandmother was a italian woman but she never passed down her language or culture she just stayed with the mexican culture why is that so tell me someone
Because in her generation was frowned upon. You spoke English you melted into the Melting Pot. And that wasn't a bad thing it's unfortunate but it wasn't bad. The United States isn't United if you haven't noticed
No millennials were 17 in 2015. He’s a Zoomer/Gen Z.
Keep Italian culture alive 😍🇮🇹
Attack Brutal where there are Italians keep it alive Italians in America uk Argentina and so on
however, Italian Americans have their own culture that has nothing to do with Italian culture ... they are different and strange😅🤔
Yeah except sharing the same genes and history for thousands of years
@@you-in5iy same genes? The italic peninsula got invaded so many times by so many populations that there's no such a thing as Italian genes relevant enough to make you instantly Italian. If we in Italy had this mindset half of us should call ourselves Greeks or Arabs, or Gallics lol. Doesn't matter the past, Italian Americans are so far away from actual Italians
Yes I’m proud to be American, but I will always love and respect my Italian heritage...food is such an important part of our culture. EVERY Sunday I eat pasta and will until the day I die. There is nothing better than breaking bread with the people you love (familia)
Família isn't an italian Word
Hehehe
Food is such an important part of your habits.
Saying that food is an important part of the Italian culture means to destroy a history lasting 2000 of years. A history made by peoples who have inhabited this land and have built the Western civilization.
Italy is not just pizza, pasta and mandolino.
Che poi... Cosa cazzo è sto mandolino? 😂
If food is your culture leran more about it! It is not only pasta ! There are many seafood specialties as well as meat cut in special ways. You are too limited. Broaden up your culture on food if you want to talk about.And don't forget the wine !
@@lucadipietro61 haha
I live in a pridominately Hispanic city and I'm one of the 2 Italians in my school but I try to keep my heritage alive as much as possible even tho my mom doesn't, she wants me to hide it :(
Update: I'm now not allowed to cook the foods my nana and nonna taught me how to make
Keep it up my man, always be true to yourself and kiss your mom, she loves you. Ciao from Milano
@@andreaagostinelli5310 ty, also ciao from Calabria!!!
Your mom may want you to just be another white kid, don’t, nowadays, keeping your tradition alive keeps you alive
Hispanic and Italian cultures are similar because of Spain and we both speak a Latin language.
P.s I'm a salvadorian that knows how to speak Spanish pretty well now ( not fluent yet ) . I actually understand some Italian and I am trying to learn Italian as a third language.If you learn Spanish in school , Italian will be easier to learn.
Yay! Italian culture is so cool bella!
language is important. They should talk italian if they see them selfs as italian america
It's the most important thing, its ours.
Kids learn your history and respect it.
🇮🇹🇮🇹 saluti dall Italia
Viva italia. Don't let Americans ruin your culture take pride in who you are
Italian culture in Italy
In Usa AMERICAN culture, ok?
@@jeffersonairplane3909 Nope, Italian forever.
@Feels badman No, It'll always be Italians for Italy.
Thank you- I am from Philly and we should be doing the same thing
""""The main thing is food""""
Davinci: bravo...
My ears started bleeding as soon as I heard it! Leonardo da Vinci, the Roman Empire, the Renaissance, Dante Alighieri and his divine comedy ... but no, the only important thing for Italians is food!
“Pasquall”
Us Italians have to fight to retain our culture. We have a rich culture and traditions and we must do what we can to preserve them in America.
@Tony Soprano so? He wasn't even that powerful In the Cosa Nostra, especially not in the Chicago outfit. If that's seriously what you think of Italian-americans, your living under a rock.
I agree. I wish there was an Italian rights organization to help us get back what we have lost. I feel like our racial identities have been erased by America along with our culture. Everything has become so Americanized. Also racism towards Italian Americans is always accepted and then swept under the rug like it doesn’t exist. I wish our people were united and strong like we were 60-70 years ago. Maybe some day we’ll regain our culture in America.... I hope anyways.
No no no. I live in a part of America where if you are Italian, you hide it in order to be accepted
keep fighting..but why do we need to fight Italian's in italy too? the Italians in the south were oppressed by the north and til this day are still chastised ..disgraceful
@@amadeopaul4647 the only way to be compensated in the usa is through the courts, unfortunately ..look at African Americans trying to get reparations for slavery ..stilllll just talking...11 Italians were lynched in New Orleans .. fruit peddlers Antonio Bagnetto, Antonio Marchesi and Antonio Scaffidi; stevedores James Caruso and Rocco Geraci; cobbler Pietro Monasterio; tinsmith Loreto Comitis; street vendor Emmanuele Polizzi; fruit importer Joseph P. Macheca; ward politician Frank Romero; and rice plantation laborer Charles Traina.”
What does it means if an Italian that is born in America but has spent most of their life living in Italy and can speak Italians?
Spike Baltar you’re basically Italian. You have been influenced by Italian culture in Italy.
Like 70% Italian and 30% American bro haha
@@franco199611 "american"
@@anthonydedeeeeeeeee7524 he feels more Italian than American he has Italian blood and has been living in Italy for long time
@@franco199611 alright
There is no good food in America ?? 🇮🇹 is a very good food culture get a passport and visit your blood country ! Italy is your blood not America 🇮🇹
"Italy is your blood not America 🇮🇹" ..That can be said by everyone other than Native Americans, not just Italians.
American - "I'm Italian"
Italian "Can you speak Italian"
American -"Not a word"
Italian "Point Italy out on a globe"
American points randomly at Russia.....
Do you say the same for someone who is, say, African-American or Mexican-American?
@@jasonablah7702 You tell me. Can those people speak any of their heritage languages or point it on a map successfully?
@@jasonablah7702 Plus I am in Europe. I dont come cross many Mexicans or Africans. But we see constant Americans on tv who claim Italian heritage but know diddly squit about Italy....
@@bg4928 Nah you tell me, you're the one whose gatekeeping. I'm Sicilian. I look Sicilian. It is quantifiable on a DNA test Grew up speaking my grandma's dialect (grandparents are fron Comiso). I can get Italian citizenship through Jus Sanguis tomorrow if I wanted. Does that pass your test?
@@bg4928 Where in Europe? If someone is black are they considered African?
The Italian culture is great and you must keep it.The same way us Irish have our culture and traditions. Both have a common tradition they brought from Europe of being willing to work hard. Greeting from Ireland🇮🇪
Ireland is a different country..
Its not the same thing.
@@Eddy02796 You need to eat some meat and also get your head straight.🤭
the Irish are very prevalent in the usa for stucco, plastering, painting and bars of course, just like the Italians ..immigrants had to struggle to survive any way they could..much respect
🍝
This was 6 years ago??
Grandma was born in Italy and I have visited many times. Lovely country and people. I'm trying to get my Italian citizenship recognized.
Oh no, another wannabe italian. Having an Italian last name it doesn't make you italian. When the legacy with the fatherland is broke, that's it, it's over. Like the so called Italian Americans, they aren't Italians at all.
@@lucaamoruso2672 my surname isn’t Italian and it’s Italian citizenship. Take your complaint to the Italian government if you don’t like it.
Hi from Genova
Scialla scialla Zêna!
Ciao di Denver.
One most important thing, NEVER EVER forget the Italian finger gestures while angry.
Or speaking extremely slow when angry lol.
The arm is better
My grandmother was first generation born German-Texan. My family stopped speaking German to avoid prejudice.
Italian American culture = Nordic culture portraying old southern Italian culture
@Salvatore Almalfitano
Because from the 1960s to modern times would be a good 3 generations of 'modern' American integration. If we were to debate this during the late 1800s to the early 1900s when the italians first migrated to America, then it would be a different story since the people of the past were more traditional who wanted to maintain their existing cultures onto their descendants. As time progressed, the generations of the modern era stop maintaining their distant traditions and simply force integrated their children into the American culture. It can even be said that nowdays that within America, there's a heavy change with the children of immigrants with just 1 generation. Thats a huge push.
The demographic of America is also primarily comprised of nordic caucasians. Their nordic culture has had the largest impact with the development of America. This is evident with the food, language, music, economics, government etc etc. Therefore the integration of future generations WILL largely be impacted by the dominating culture in America and that is Nordic based.
The nordic version of Italian " mediterranean culture " is Transalpin . LIGURY , Northwest.
That the Piedmont and stuff .
Im from Piemonteis background and
Thats even not like in this video .
You confused stuff .
99% of Italians that were immigrate in US were from the south .
Also , americanized Italian is more accurate .
I love the olive colored skin so much class to it
god how stereotype ! you obviously dont know many italians or been to italy !
they're Southern Italians
Here we go, another stereotype.
Melanin, love black more.
@@thehittite6536No they don't. Since the advent of DNA testing Italian DNA is mostly European. A small percentage may have Central Asian DNA, but the findings of Italian DNA is as follows: French, British, Greek Germanic DNA and more. Also, Italians have the most add-ons than any other people. The DNA of Italian-Americans is from the Italy of the 18th, and 19th Centuries. Speaking for myself and cousins our DNA is mostly Southern (Neapolitan) Italian, but some Northern also British, French and Germanic (maybe Austrian). I know hundreds of Italians and many have DNA testing results as I have described. The people of Sicily may have some Middle Eastern, but also have DNA from European countries. To add to these facts most Europeans have DNA from countries other than their own.
that marcello de pascale looks salvadorian...wtf
Salvadorian isnt a race , Im salvadorian and my family is mixed but we look very white and Mediterranean compared to average salvadorian who look very native American .I've been confused for everything from part black and white , to Iranian,spaniard ,indian and yes even a couple times italian .
Idiots dont look like idiots sometimes
Bellissima la cosa!
Il sistema americano tende ad assimilare non ad integrare.
Se riscoprono le loro origini è solo un bene.
si può iniziare facendo la pasta correttamente. Poi si può iniziare la cultura.
Non importa se la pasta e scota o aldente la panza e piena
Cominciare..... quells parola 'iniziare' e' nuova .....
Caution! We got the professionals here, 'Made in Italy' types............. the ones who have no traditions, eat Kebab,......basically Europeans who speak Italian. They complain that we have our Italian American ways and that we enjoy the prosperity of living in the Good Old United States! ENVY! Tutti Voi, Italioti, non ci importa la vostra opinione.
James Martinelli LMAO so true... they’re basically more Euro-centric than Italian. And still bitter about being deserted and then beaten in WWII.
@john vento you are not Italian. You are a Russian troll. Please stop hacking and dividing for political manipulation. Focus on another target and delete your account.
@john vento nice story. Il russo stupidità umana, you fail to recognize Italians as being originators of Latino culture. You think only Hispanics are Latino. You are uninformed and a charlatan, if not a social media hacker.
@john vento please go back to mother Russia. Focus spying hacking efforts on Chinese. Leave Italians alone.
“Eat kekab... just euros that speak Italian.” 😂😂. E 'triste ma vero...
They are not Italian , They like the family guy ahahah
Being Italian goes beyond food, being Italian means that you want to restore the great Roman Empire
the Roman Empire wasn't great for everyone
@@forzajuve4845 It's a sarcastic copypasta, not meant to be serious
*godfather music starts playing
P A S Q U A L I DIO SUPERENALOTTO
gli americani a volte leggono la E finale come una I a volte la saltano a piedi pari. tipo Martin Scorsese lo leggono come Scorsesi, mentre Sylvester Stallone dicono Stallon
@John Smith nothing. Your pronunciation is horrible.
No no, remember you should forget your whole culture if you want to be a true american...oh no excuse me if you are white it's fine.
L.A. Chacin pretty ignorant comment. You obviously don’t know your history as it relates to Italian immigrants in the US. Secondly, while Italians are Caucasian (which is a bone structure not a skin color), many are not actually “white”, but rather olive skinned. Similar to Greece, and other Mediterranean countries.
@@tonynasaofficial lol True .
@@giovannicozentura8075 well I'd call italians and yes even us hispanics a mixed bag of people .The moors invaded spain ,portugal amd sicily , then the phoenicans came around , the greeks, even some black people .There were also germanic ,celtic and viking raids .
@Greg Valdez that’s true about the history. But I think it’s affect is sometimes overstated. I’ll use myself as an example. My complexion is on the darker side for being full Sicilian. And my DNA results show that I’m 88% Italian and the remainder mostly Iberian. I had less than 3% that could be attributed to Arab/Moor.
@@giovannicozentura8075 Yeah I forgot to add moors were only there for like 100 years .
Where's the hand?
We have art and music and beautiful buildings...
Yes and 50% youth unemployment, half of the Nation is economically depressed, fascist politicians are going to win the next elections, racism is rampant....but food is good, it's sunny most of the year around, and we usually spend our time playing mandolino and singing O sole Mio...
@@strikedn Obviously you didn't watch the video because I'm talking about what Italy brings to the people More than just pasta and pizza We have beautiful oceans we used to have a booming tuna industry and Sicily that's now a museum We have the Coliseum the Vatican the leaning tower all these beautiful things come from our country The politicians may have corrupted the people but there is no way to corrupt Mother Earth
@@aldod3937 and Mafia, and crisi
dear italians in the usa, stay italian, speak italian, marry italian. Un abbraccio fratelli non dimenticate mai chi siete
This makes me so happy! My mom was Italian and my dad was Sicilian and we lived in New York. I was used to eating Italian food and a lot of fish because my dad and the rest of the family we were fishing all the time and never saw a fast food restaurant only on brief occasions on the once a year school shopping,
Your mother was Italian and your father too...
Sicilians=italians get that in your head
Did Sicily break away from Italy?
Lol, is this a real thing in the US?! Sicilians are Italians, Italy is formed by 20 different regions but it's only one country. When I go abroad I don't say "Hi, I'm Sicilian"! I say I'm Italian and I come from Sicily, period. Siete una manica di ignorantoni, c'è poco da fare...
@@strikedn yeah when the Mafia bombed the ponte sullo stretto in the war of 2156
Italian main thing is not food, totally wrong
be proud of your heritage sure we are american but if we look back at our family tree someone in our family came from another country and i have immigrant friends
The culture died about 35 years ago in most of the country. Its done and it aint coming back. Thats a fact and its over. In Argentina it is different, but, not in the USA!
The Italian Argentinians I ever knew were solid and proud of their Italian ancestral heritage. The Italian Americans I knew were the same. The last 30 years, the Italian Americans have become too americanized and pussies. Backstabbers.
Too funny!
Messi is Italian
@@Carlson-oy2ir they eat shit!
Carlson 1990 progressive far left liberalization has tried to exterminate any remnants of European culture.
Italy wasn't a country when these Neapolitans/Sicilians came to America. I don't understand why they take credit for everything that didn't happen in Sicily and Naples, e.g. Florentine stuff, Milanese stuff, Venetian stuff, and Tuscan stuff.
James you are clearly uneducated. Did you graduate high school, son? Italy united in 1871. Most of the immigrants came during the 1910s-20s. Read. Learn. Educate yourself.
There was no Italian immigration to the USA before 1861, educate yourself and maybe you wont vote for Trump next time
1860 = Piedmont sardinia aeras like Savoie and Nissa ( unfortunally ) given or stolen by France , a part of the deal to make Victorio II King of Italy unified .
1861 Italy becomes Unified ..
As an Asian born and bred in the west? I can attest to the fact that Indian culture in the west isn’t the same as back in our old country.
Don’t sweat it, societies and civilizations are designed to change to adapt to their new environment.
There's a consistent theme in American history of liquidating culture for the sake of convenience and that's what's being fought against
Lasciatemi cantare con la guitarra in mano, lasciatemi cantare sono l'italiano.
Ghali
the italian teacher has an american accent how could you learn a language if the teacher is not native ?
What a ridiculous statement. Of course you can learn Italian from someone who isn't native. And you can actually learn a language MORE EFFICIENTLY from a non-native speaker because they understand what it takes to learn a language. They understand the best methods with which to teach, because they had to learn themselves. As native speakers, we take for granted our own language, and many times do not even know the rules. We just know what sounds right.
@@user-nw1pq9xe2x do you really believe you could reach a good level from a non native speaker? How could a non native teach you a proper accent or slang words that are common to native speakers when she/he doesn't know them?
@@randomguy5189 Slang words are not.important to learn in a classroom. In a classroom you learn the basics, and once you do, you go to the country and there.you learn the slang. A teacher should not be teaching you slang.
I speak italian, greek, english, and spanish, and I absolutely agree with what I said. I also have taught languages. So no, you do not have to be a native speaker to teach a language. And if you fully read my first comment, you would understand why.
Italian-Americans aren't Italians. They're just Americans who appropriate Italian culture
We are also the people who bailed out Italy when they showed the yellow streak they had in ww2
I hope Feast of the Seven Fishes never dies. If I am ever cursed with children, I will pass that tradition onto them
what's that? an italian american tradition?
@@Federico84 Yes, but it was popular in Italy south of Rome. It was called La Vigilia di Natale in Italy.
here is the link to the video about Italians in American history
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