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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A bit off topic but I can't take Italian-Americans that can't speak/comprehend Italian seriously when they swell up in pride over their Italian heritage. Like-wise Irish-Americans, who are laughed at in Ireland as being Plastic Paddies.

Language is a huge part of cultural identity. If you've lost it, you are just another american no matter how much you try to connect to your roots. Blame your parents for not learning from your grandparents so they [your parents] couldn't teach you.

Liking Cacciatore and wearing clothing with il tricolore on it does not make you an italian-american.

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Sorry, bitch. Most Italian-Americans have parents who were actively forced to assimilate (i.e., the grandparents would not LET them speak Italian) because of discrimination. Many (like me) relearned Italian via college or study abroad. It's sad that discrimination worked that way, but it's not like Italian-Americans wanted to give up any part of their culture, more that they wanted to "fit in" (and with lots of senators, supreme court justices, doctors, lawyers who are Italian-American, I think they succeeded. And yeah, idiot reality TV stars, too, sigh).

And Italians in Italy aren't douchebags to Italian-Americans the way Irish are to Irish-Americans. So there's that.[/quote]

I am first generation - and I'm old, hon.  I grew up bilingual, as my parents and grandparents never lost the language.[/quote]

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