I didn’t want to go with the easy ploy of Halloween so as I searched online for other possible significant ideas, I stumbled upon this. Then it gave me an idea on what I could write briefly every day about, other people of Italian descent and how they’ve contributed to the World via Science, Entertainment, Literature, whatever. Italians have come a long way in America since there was a time not too long ago when they were the “Mexicans;” they couldn’t adjust and they were taking away jobs from real Americans. The rhetoric never changes, just the so-called threat and the paranoid WASPs’ hate organizations: the Know Nothing Party, the KKK, Knights of the Confederacy, Free Soilers, the Moral Majority and now the Teabaggers. Being part Italian, I know we often can be our own worst enemy as The Jersey Shore and corrupt prime minister Silvio Berlosconi demonstrate; the latter will probably do more damage than The Sopranos ever did.
For the header, I went with the flag, it’s rather obvious but what do the colors stand for?
- Green: Hope, joy and love.
- White: Peace and honesty.
- Red: Hardiness, bravery, strength and valor.
Yet I’m baffled on why their national sports teams are light blue. My only immediate guess is to avoid being confused with Mexico on the soccer field; their flag is similar despite the eagle in the middle of it.
Avanti! as I try to come up with 31 people. I know I can, it’s having the time to do it.