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Memory

Just talk to a grandfather to find out that we were Italian immigrants, and we even long time ago. In late 1800, early 1900, many families have left their homes, were required by business needs. First, the migration was directed towards Western Europe and Germany and came especially from North. Later, northern Italy to improve its economic situation through the development of industries, so migration is primarily concerned with the southern Italy and the "paradise" was America. From 1890 to 1910 the Italian immigrants were 12,000,000. Arose of the "ghettos" where all the different ethnic groups. "Little Italy" was the Italian district in New York. In these closed communities, however, easily born criminal activities, so that these neighborhoods were isolated even from the police. The Italians emigrated to the United States were considered a burden from America because the government was forced to shoulder social responsibilities towards them.

Today Italy (and Europe in general) are a popular destination peoples of many Romanians, Albanians, Poles, Ukrainians, Africans, Asians. As the Italians in the last century believed that America was a dream, so now these people think that the dream is Italy. Unfortunately it was not so for us it is not for them. Many young graduates in their country come to Italy to perform the most menial, underpaid and most of the time in black. Undertake tasks which children-and even Italians do not take into account (construction workers, laborers, caregivers, domestic helpers). Even today's immigrants will "collect" in neighborhoods. For example, here in Rome in the Esquilino area, there is a large Chinese community, while in our neighborhood, the Pigneto, there is a predominance of Asians and Africans. In 2010, the alien is still seen by many as an invader, as a different, as one who is in a place that does not belong to you lived with forbearance, with "tolerance" is a foreign body. The most common phrase is: "Why do not they go back to their country?".

The world is the country of all. I believe that nobody is happy to leave their homeland, their people and often their families to live elsewhere. You are forced for economic reasons or to escape the war. Many people continue to utter platitudes, without trying to get in the shoes of those who come in thinking to solve our country's life and often make it the worse. My grandparents emigrated to Germany in the 70s and have suffered racist abuse from their fellow countrymen emigrated years before, now masters of language, pretending not to understand them. The stranger embodies all the ills of our country: it is he who takes away the work, the one who breaks the law, one that weighs on the economy, the one who takes away the homes. It is said that studying history is important not to repeat past mistakes, we Italians discrimination we lived on our skin and even this was unable to open our minds. Memory is the key word, unfortunately it is often very unstable ..

Lorenzo D'Urso

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