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in the vast, complex face of Italian American history, they fall away, little grains of insignificant sand. Do they act like this in person, or only when they are safely hidden behind their computer screens? Their pettiness is incredible. It is hard to believe that these people purport to inhabit an Italian American landscape (or any other terrestrial landscape for that matter). The vulgarity of Annotico, Piccolo, and others is simply incredible. It has very real and sometimes dire consequences when many subscribe to its tenets, vote people of this ilk into office, and budgets get cut for programs ranging from the arts and humanities to more essential human needs. He used the discipline of history as an example of a field where there was nothing new to be written about and so why should government support the funding of such disciplines? As economic hard times ensue, anti-intellectualism becomes more than a gnat buzzing in one's ear. Remember the Enola Gay exhibit that at the Smithsonian that forced curators to alter it because some congressmen felt it was too sympathetic to the Japanese? Anyone remember the PA congressman a number of years ago who railed against academics who he claimed collected big salaries without doing much work? A reason to get rid of tenure he said. It resides still as it always has in locations such as halls of government where it should be unwelcome. With the internet, it becomes even easier to spread such rhetoric.
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Anti-intellectualism is alive and well in the United States and unfortunately has a long history on these shores and it is piled high and wide. We usually share our war stories over drinks rather than such a public exchange as this blog. Many of us who do scholarly research have been its target. Skee got it right in highlighting the anti-intellectualism that runs rampant in Annotico's diatribe. John Mancini of the Italic Institute makes a good measured argument, and he's correct. After all, Annotico is in his 80's, and a few type-os. Annotico wordly and intelligent and a few type-os don't mean anything. The Dean should get rid of him to be really successful with the institute. He has offended many Italian Americans through his years at Calandra Institute. Sciorra is a silly jokster and quite dull-witted when it comes to true humanity. He is a worldly man and he's correct about the idiotic behavor of Sciorra, a scholar without principles, who loves to be witty at the expense of his community. Annotico is an Italian Jew, his father an Italian, his mother Jewish. To accuse Richard Annotico of anti-semitism is a joke as Annotico's mother was Jewish. Joseph Sciorra is a nasty man with a terrible disposition who loves to emphasize the worst parts of Italian American culture.
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Knighted by the President of Italy in 1981, as Cavaliere Ufficiale, Order of Merit of the Republic of Italy (OMRI). Los Angeles City Commissioner for 10 years, State Commissioner as Member of the Board of Governors of the California State Bar for 9 years, both as a Citizen Volunteer. VP, Real Estate Investor, Active in Italian American Community Affairs for 30 years. Annotico is a Juris Doctor (JD), Former Top 5 Record Co. RICHARD ANNOTICO HAS FINE CREDENTIALS & IS AN INTELLECTUAL