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Publicists and politicians know this: to be effective in public life, nothing is more important than defining yourself before the opposition does, and one way to do so is with the words you choose—the message that is being sent. What messages have Italian Americans been sending? What is our public image—and is it at odds with reality? If it is, how can the Italian American leadership help alter public opinion?
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
—John Lord Morley (1838–1923), On Compromise.
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© 2010 William J. Connell and Fred Gardaphé
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Loschiavo, L. (2010). If Defamation Is Serious, Why Don’t Italian American Organizations Take It Seriously?. In: Connell, W.J., Gardaphé, F. (eds) Anti-Italianism. Italian and Italian American Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230115323_14
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