Wednesday,
May 30, 2007
The "WopBurger"
of
The
ANNOTICO Report
My Report of May 13, was
titled "Wopburger" in
It appears that like a
vampire, it has cheated death.
Consider further how innappropriate it would be to serve up a "niggerdog" or "kikewich"
as a sign of affection or respect ???
NIAF, OSIA, IAOV, have all
encouraged Letters to the Editor of the Louisville Times, CO, the location of
the Blue Parrot.
Below is my
contribution to:
Letter
to the Editor
Louisville
Times, CO
Re:
The Wopburger
It
saddens me when Italian Americans are so ignorant of their Italian American
Heritage and Culture, that they should think "wop" was a term of
affection. It instead is very similar to the term "nigger" in
the Black community.
Those
involved with, and supportive of the Blue Parrot ( Now THAT
I
suggest they read "WOP:
A Documentary History of Anti Italian Discrimination" by Professor of History and Political Science,
Salvatore J Lagumina, (Guernica Editions Inc.; 1999)
The
book description on Amazon,com states: "As the
largest nationality group among the "new immigrants" and as the
second largest immigrant group on record, Italians have been subject to some of
the most blatant, brutal, and course forms of discrimination to affect any
peoples. This volume (originally published in 1973) is the first to
systematically investigate and record anti-Italian discrimination in the
U.S.A"
Then
I suggest they read "La Storia: Five
Centuries of the Italian American Experience" by Jerre Mangione, (Harper Perennial, 1993).
These
may help dispel a few of the clouds of ignorance.
Richard
A. Annotico
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