tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596624358653744819.post6029955725344067180..comments2023-11-08T00:37:28.536-08:00Comments on croissants and alphonso mangoes: Espresso, Plantations, Sambo Imagery, and Colonization in Reversevigahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07497423191873532518noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596624358653744819.post-72768629927469291682009-10-23T03:38:23.139-07:002009-10-23T03:38:23.139-07:00Writing comments at 5 am, not a good look! Let me...Writing comments at 5 am, not a good look! Let me try again...That's a good question, kenji, and thanks for your comment! So far as I can tell, Cinese is the Italian word for Chinese, so I don't know who is naming themselves, and who is being named. And like many European countries, Italy didn't seem pretty welcoming to immigrants. There seemed to be little mixing of immigrant and white Italian populations. Many immigrants were "husseling," to use MIA's term. Like, selling umbrellas in the Metro kinda husseling. And owning makeshift fruit stands and small import jewelry stores. I only saw one South Asian Italian in a business suit on the metro in Rome once (not that being in a business suit means anything, really...).<br />Yes, thanks, I'm working on my photography skills, and the poem _is_ amazing! The entire piece can be found here: http://www.thenewblackmagazine.com/view.aspx?index=1377vigahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497423191873532518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596624358653744819.post-87402822707250341482009-10-23T01:24:32.689-07:002009-10-23T01:24:32.689-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.vigahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07497423191873532518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3596624358653744819.post-76082573850378427772009-10-22T06:34:17.894-07:002009-10-22T06:34:17.894-07:00hmm, viga i wonder if its still mispelling if the ...hmm, viga i wonder if its still mispelling if the asians are the ones spelling their own label that way?<br /><br />great pictures and thanks for posting the poetry, much appreciated!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com