I CAME FROM ITALY AT TWO YEARS OF AGE . MY CHILDHOOD WAS IN THE LITTLE ITALY OF THE SAULT . IT WAS A LITTLE HARDER BACK THEN , DISCRIMINATION , AND RIDICULE , TO JUST PLAIN RIPPING US OFF, BY THE QUEENS FINEST .
BUT AS I GREW AND LEARNED FROM MY PARENTS , THEY WOULD SAY TO ME , AS RACIAL SLURS WERE YELLED AT US .
" FRANCO THOSE PEOPLE ARE THE ONES IN THE WRONG , WE ASK FOR NOTHING FROM THEM , YET THEY WANT US TO CREATE EVERYTHING FOR THEM . YET THEY ARE STILL PEOPLE , AND THEY TOO HAVE THEIR PLACE ".
AS I GREW AND LEARNED MORE OF MY HISTORY , I CAME TO REALIZE THAT MOST OF IT WAS CREATED BY MY PEOPLE , OF THE ITALIAN PENINSULA .
MY FELLOW ITALIANS , WE DON'T NEED INTRODUCTION , OR EXCUSES , WE DESERVE EVERYTHING WE HAVE , NOBODY HANDED US ANYTHING , NOTHING BUT PRIDE AND A BRIGHT DEMEANOR , SHOULD BE IN YOUR HEART . BECAUSE WE STILL ARE ITALIANS .
GIANFRANCO FRONZI. JUNE / 1 / 12
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