Have you have moved to a different school, a different neighborhood? Have you seen how people tend to treat the “new kid on the block”? Not very pretty, but it’s a ritual one must withstand before one can become accepted. There’s a line in Ringo Starr’s “It don’t come easy” that states, “Got to pay your dues before you sing the blues.” What do Ringo’s words mean within the context of the Italian immigrant story? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary “Celebrate! October is Italian-American Heritage Month!” and discover we’re all a lot more alike than we think.
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