Do Italians embrace their own diversity, and do they accept others?

Ep_1 guests:

• Silvana Patriarca, professor of History here in NYC at Fordham University. She specializes in the history of modern Italy and, in particular, in the cultural history of nationalism and the construction of national identities.

• Kristal Trotter – on Zoom – is the founder of Accento.World, a creative designer, writer, and image activist; daughter of Italian mother and African American father. She is based in North Carolina.

• Stephen Cerulli, a multi-generational Italian American, is a PhD candidate in Modern history at Fordham University and a researcher at the Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College. He specializes in Italian American/diaspora studies.

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