Are there general trends for immigrants and the following generations and how they behave in a different country and how it affects us today? For example, Tony Soprano. >First Gen - Grandfather 1900s>Immigrates to the U.S. with a strong work ethic>maintains a connection to his home country>keeps a low profile >focuses only on preserving old culture in new country >Second Gen - Father 1930s>raised by first-generation parents>still heavily influenced by being Italian, parents only speak Italian so he has to learn the language>balance pride in their heritage with the pressures of adapting to American life>rebels against traditional values and engages in criminal activity as a form of resistance or survival>Third Gen - Tony 1960s>cultural identity is still something to be proud of but your parents do not teach you the language or traditions>has zero ties to the old country>he is basically a larperFourth Gen - Anthony 1990s>Completely Americanized >No clue how to say anything in Italian>No clue about any of the family history>doesn't care.
>>17436777IME, it seems like descendants of migrants are often more patriotic about their parents' home country than the migrants themselves.
>>17436784At which level? I could see it happening at third gen basically hating 2nd gen for not being ethnic enough
>>17436777the best part of the show is where they have to get an associate junkie that Chrissy knows that speaks a little Italian.
>>17436794I liked when Tony, Chris and Paulie went back to Italy and all the Italians are shitting on them.
>>17436796Commendatore!
>>17436777>>17436796I dont get the claims of “larping”. Tony’s ancestors BUILT Italy for millennia. He has as much of a claim to be there as any of the people born in Italy.The claim comes from your own ancestors, not the language you speak or country you were born in.
>>17436818Like a commander!
>>17436784They can go to extremes. Vivek Ramaswamy was born in Ohio. I dunno. One of my favorite braindead internet characters is Sameera Khan who is from New Jersey and is basically whatever the female version of a guido is but does a whole third-worldist LARP.
>>17436796I never liked Columbus... because he was from Genoa!
