WHO ARE THE ITALIAN AMERICANS? AMERICANS OF ITALIAN ANCESTRY PEOPLE WITH DUAL CITIZENSHIP

NUMBERS ON ITALIAN IMMIGRATION WHEN? MOSTLY BETWEEN 1880 AND 1960 HOW MANY? 655, – MILLION 1900 – 1914 WHY? MOSTLY POOR ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

SOCIAL STRUCTURE RURAL PEASANTS LITTLE EDUCATION MANUAL LABOUR “THE CATHOLICS” TWO THIRDS MEN “LITTLE ITALY”

2000 USA CENSUS

TRY TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS WHO IS HE/SHE? TRY TO TRACE HIS/HER ITALIAN ORIGIN. HOW DOES HE/SHE FEEL ABOUT BEING ITALIAN AMERICAN?

HOW WERE THEY TREATED? ANTI IMMIGRANT DISCRIMINATION ANTI CATHOLIC SENTIMENT ANTI ITALIANISM HOSTILITY VIOLENCE

THE LARGEST MASS LYNCHING IN AMERICAN HISTORY NEW ORLEANS, ITALIAN AMERICANS “HANG THE DAGOS” BRUTALLY MURDERED SICILIANS “LOW FOREHEADS, DARK SKIN … BRUTAL NATURE”

THE SACCO AND VANZETTI TRIAL

AN UNFAIR TRIAL? ARMED ROBBERY AND MURDER OF A CLERK TRIALED, CONVICTED AND EXECUTED INNOCENT OR GUILTY? CONVICTED BECAUSE OF THEIR ORIGIN? A POLITICAL AND RACIST TRIAL?

STEREOTYPE IT RELATES TO ALL THE MEMBERS OF A GROUP AND IS PRODUCED BY THE MEMBERS OF ANOTHER GROUP IT IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT THERE ARE ATTITUDES OR WAYS OF BEHAVIOUR SHARED BY ALL MEMBERS OF A GROUP

HOW ARE THEY BORN? THEY MAY EMERGE FROM HISTORICAL EVENTS (AT ONE POINT IN HISTORY THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ACCURATE AND THEN PERSISTED WHILE THE CULTURE CHANGED) AMERICAN INDIVIDUALISM FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PIONEERS IN OLD WEST THINK ABOUT THE MAFIA STEROTYPE …

WHAY KIND OF STEROTYPES DO WE KNOW? POSITIVE HEAVEN IS WHERE THE POLICE ARE ENGLISH, THE COOKS ARE FRENCH, THE MECHANICS ARE GERMAN, THE LOVERS ARE ITALIAN AND EVERYTHING IS ORGANIZED BY THE SWISS NEGATIVE … ? REPHRASE THE SENTENCE ABOVE … HELL IS …

BOYS ARE BETTER AT MATHS THAN GIRLS GIRLS ARE MORE CREATIVE THAN BOYS OLD MEN ARE WISE SLOVENIANS ARE ALCOHOLICS ITALIANS ARE MAFIOSI

GENERALIZATIONS A FLEXIBLE DESCRIPTION ABOUT SOME OR MANY (STEREOTYPES ARE RIGID CONCLUSIONS ABOUT ALL OR MOST) SOME WHITE PEOPLE HAVE NO RHYTHM WHITE PEOPLE CAN’T DANCE

COMMERCIALS IN USA ITALIAN AMERICAN MEN: UNEDUCATED, DISHONEST, VIOLENT, MAFIA GUYS ITALIAN AMERICAN WOMEN: ELDERLY, OVERWEIGHT, HOUSWIVES, BLACK DRESSES

OPINION SURVEYS 78% OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGERS ASSOCIATE THEM WITH CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AND BLUE-COLLAR WORK POSITIONS 74% OF THE ADULT AMERICANS BELIEVE THEY HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO ORGANIZED CRIME

FACTS THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: LESS THAN 0,0025% OF ITALIAN AMERICANS INVOLVED IN ORGANIZED CRIME U.S. CENSUS BUREAU: 2/3 OF ITALIAN AMERICANS IN WORK FORCE ARE IN WHITE-COLLAR JOBS (EXECUTIVES, PHYSICIANS, TEACHERS, ATTORNEYS, ADMINISTRATORS, ETC)

EXAMPLE OF A COMMERCIAL AN AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN IS HAVING HER REFRIGERATOR REPAIRED BY A DARK, HAIRY, WHITE MAN NAMED JOE. THE WOMAN ASKS HOW MUCH WILL IT COST TO HAVE THE JOB DONE. “200$” REPLIES THE MAN. WHEN SHE CHEKS OPTIMUM ONLINE, SHE LEARNS IT COSTS 25$.