ANTI-ITALIAN DISCRIMINATION: The Bigotry Behind the Columbus Cancellers.
“You know what it is? I’ll tell you what it is. It’s anti-Italian discrimination. Columbus Day is a day of Italian pride. It’s our holiday and they want to take it away.”
So declares Silvio, one of the characters in The Sopranos, in a gloomy but very funny and politically incorrect scene at their regular meeting spot at Satriale’s market. The gang is upset by news of a local anti-Columbus Day protest. The organizers are planning a “death watch” over a statue of Columbus — that is, Cristoforo Colombo, the famous explorer from Genoa.
The woke liberal will be puzzled by this perspective from Italian Americans. It doesn’t fit with the left’s selective view of bigotry, restricted to “people of color” and other preferred leftist victim groups. The modern wokester is often confused by other ethnicities and nationalities and creeds that have experienced prejudice, particularly Christians whose liberties leftists are eager to limit when they clash with their purposes.
QED: Mamdani to skip Manhattan Columbus parade in latest snub to NYC Italian community.
UPDATE:
“… bashing him as a colonist that abused and displaced Native Americans”
Ironic, considering how Mamdani’s religion has been locked in a brutal centuries-old colonization where entire societies are erased and women subjugated. https://t.co/KyMupGTQm1
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) October 12, 2026