Developer Jorge Perez suggests today, in the Miami Herald, that we put a Hispanic Museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Perez said: "To pay tribute to the contributions of Latinos to the art, history and culture of the United States. Hmmm. It got me thinking: "What about my ethnic background?" The Italians made lots of contributions to art, history and culture, and, more important, the Italians have a lock on our American diet! Don't we Italian-Americans also have two current Supreme Court Justices to not boast about?A good idea is a good idea. Lets celebrate ALL the ethnic backgrounds, not leaving any group out! It is only fair. The photo above is my design for the Italian Museum. Please agree to pay homage to my Grandfather, the Italian tailor - a very good man, the son of a failed spaghetti manufacturer.
22 comments:
I'm there!
Heck, I'd even donate to that museum (if I had any money!).
I always grokked the Italians' world view as portrayed in "Catch 22."
They'll still be here after all the deadly detritus has moved on.
And have you been to the Uffizi?
Magnifico!
S
Ciao amici!
I looked up Barack Obama's name and found a birth certificate in Rome. He actually was born in Italy when his mother went there on holiday.
I am from Malawi. I want a Malawi Museum on the National Mall. We did nothing to harm the economy. That is what I want to read the legend above the columns.
My dad is a Polish American. He was a farmer producing food for the the war effort. Can we immortalize Polish American contributions?
Pierogies or Kielbasa anyone?
I wouldn't mind a Hispanic art museum but how can you celebrate ONE culture excluding all others? Jorge is a flake.
I completely agree. We Italians were the original Latins, so WTF.
And I like your design. It's important to recognize the Great Creator, the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) so boldly in the architecture.
I'm still waiting for Italian History Month and it better be a month with thirty-one days or else fuhgeddaboutit!
Washington, DC has gotten cluttered. No need to detract from the existing monuments.
Maybe Jorge Perez could pay for a new monument in Cuba? In fact, maybe Perez could pay for a new art museum in Hialeah?
people are still listening to what Jorge Perez has to say? our entire country is one big FAT memorial to our immigrant nation Mr Perez..sheesh read some history..but I'm glad you spoke up G.O.D as we all now have one more clue about you..someday the great reveal shall happen..
Is that a spaghetti wall?!?!
I am Cuban, but I like all kinds of foods, people and cultures, although I did eat an equal share of black beans & rice and spaghetti & meatballs growing up. Of course, we made ours with "sofrito" and canned tomato sauce back in the days, covered it with American cheap cheese and stuck it in the oven to bake. I once translated a very popular Italian jingle for my grandmother that she thought was silly. You know, the one that goes "on top of spaghetti all covered with cheese I lost my poor meatball when somebody sneezed."
I would vote yes for an Italian museum; I think they were here a few decades before us.
Didn't pasta come from China? Maybe those walls should be meatballs.
And tomatoes came from America.
We have a Native American museum on the mall already though so no competition with us injuns.
The food in the cafeteria is worth a visit. Dishes are centered around native cultural spheres.
What more lasting symbol of Italian-American contributions to society can you want than The Sopranos and Jersey Shore?
Bricks and mortar may last a lifetime, but DVDs last forever.
Let's all be careful about what we can and can't ever live down.
That said, I think Jorge has entered Stage 2 dementia auto-importante. How typically American of him.
Nomee Moose- you forgot the worst...The Housewives of New Jersey.
There is an Indian-American museum (great food court), a museum of Japanese (or Asian) art and a museum of modern art that is there, just because a rich guy wanted to donate his art collection. I don't mind a Hispanic museum of there is room for it and if someone wants to raise the money for it. However, I do get tired of all the Hispanic hype down here. The kids celebrate Hispanic Heritage month. I remember the day my kid came home and threatened to wear a kilt to school. I guess he was feeling disenfranchised. I don't blame him, but I am glad he came to his senses about the kilt. With the school system, we should have a "heritage" month that celebrates the vast mosaic of our multicultural society. That sounds too politically correct to be fun for this group of bloggers, but it really does make sense in a county like Dade. I am sick of feeling like my heritage means nothing. But I am made to feel that way all the time. Ahhhhh, so I suffer silently. Maybe I just should move, right?
We bloggers agree with you --- we wrote about it to amuse ourselves but we have the same point --- inclusion not exclusion. That is why I am against the Arizona law. LAst poster--- you couldn't see that??
Yes, I could. G.o.D. Sometimes I play off what other bloggers are commenting about more so than the original article. I hope offense wasn't taken.
no offense taken...just getting clarity. BTW, the only blogger is me...you are comment makers....unless you have a blog somewhere else. That could be the source of some confusion.
oops and i wrote BLOGGERS too, for shame....
Jorge Perez, isn't he in jail.
So?
so... even though I love spaghetti, there is only one country that speaks Italian, which is Italy. The USA has a lot more "Spanish-speaking" people, than Italian-speaking people, thus creating a Hispanic museum isn't such a bad idea.
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