You could write the rant in your lj and just either filter it or put it behind a cut tag - entitled "rant", everybody else does that. Or so I've noticed. Although...I've also noticed that whenever I write rants, all I do is rile myself up. So maybe not.
"Guido" - is a word that I have never really heard until this year. Which is odd considering I was raised with Italian-Americans. My best friend when I was a kid was Italian-American (South Philly- was Italian and Irish and Welsh). And as an adolescent? Also a lot of Italian-Americans - in KC. And I currently live in Little Italy, Brooklyn. Most of the people I work with - Italian American. Never ever heard anyone use that racial slur. Until the Metro did this piece on "Jersey Shore" and "Guidos". I remember thinking, Huh? Then OMG...what are you doing, perpetuating another negative stereotype about Italian-Americans, as if the mafia one wasn't bad enough? And is this just a New Jersey thing? Reality shows...with the possible exception of Project Runway, Changing Rooms/Trading Places, and American Idol and their ilk...are just evil.
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"Guido" - is a word that I have never really heard until this year. Which is odd considering I was raised with Italian-Americans. My best friend when I was a kid was Italian-American (South Philly- was Italian and Irish and Welsh). And as an adolescent? Also a lot of Italian-Americans - in KC. And I currently live in Little Italy, Brooklyn. Most of the people I work with - Italian American. Never ever heard anyone use that racial slur. Until the Metro did this piece on "Jersey Shore" and "Guidos". I remember thinking, Huh? Then OMG...what are you doing, perpetuating another negative stereotype about Italian-Americans, as if the mafia one wasn't bad enough? And is this just a New Jersey thing? Reality shows...with the possible exception of Project Runway, Changing Rooms/Trading Places, and American Idol and their ilk...are just evil.