i-Italy receives and publishes an article by Chris Lambright, a 37-years old Italian-American and African-American man whose experience as mixed ethnicity kid in the 1980s had him struggle for acceptance from both sides. The article was inspired by the hurtful memories stirred up by the discriminatory treatment reserved to Mario Balotelli, the Italian soccer player, who was thrown bananas at by Croatian supporters during Euro 2012.
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On Thursday, February 18 the bodies of Michael Mirasola and Jonathan Beneduce were discovered in the latter's Ford Explorer in Teaneck, N.J. by a local resident. This callous act of violence has destroyed lives in countless ways, in addition to alarming communities in Queens and Bergen County of the danger of violence that often remain hushed or underground. An alleged suspect has been arrested in connection with the two men and their deaths
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Many Italian Americans acquire their notions of heritage from depictions in popular media. This adversely affects us, as we fail to see the real history of our people and those who positively contributed to Italian American history