Yesterday marked my 10 year wedding anniversary with my sweetheart Becky. What a blessing the last 10 years have been and the marvelous times we have had. Each day with her is just an amazing day and this journey gets better and better.
Tag: italian
TommyLog – Supporting Your Heritage
This is a different Tommylog. I received an email question about language and heritage and i wanted to address it as a video.
Here’s the contents of the letter…
If you spoke another language fluently (in this case, Italian) along with English (you being Bilingual). Would you speak both—openly?
The reason I say ‘openly’ is because *I know* people that are able to speak their native [heritage (more minorities)] language, and refuse to speak…
Like If they’re ashamed.
I *somewhat* have a feeling why. In the minority category are blacks & Hispanics.
In society, it’s much better now… but it’s always been tough.
Not sure how it was in Rochester while you grew-up…
If there were any Hispanics in your neighborhood, or If you had any as friends/acquaintances.
I appreciate the letter and love the opportunity to talk about this. I feel that being true to yourself and your heritage is important, but with that said, the frame of reference for me is considerably different.