City Council member defends herself following controversial tweet about Italian culture
Ald. Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez speaks before a vote on curfew for teens was enacted by a skeptical Chicago City Council meeting, Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
“Not only did she disparage and marginalize a community … contributed so much to the core and growth of this great city, she welcomed and encouraged others that follow her on social media to join in the ‘fun’ at the expense of the Italian American community,” Lou Rago, president of the Italian American Human Relations Foundation of Chicago and president of the Rago Brothers funeral homes, said in a statement. “This is purely racist and unacceptable.
Another local Italian leader argued if Rodriguez Sanchez had made similar comments that stereotyped another ethnicity or group by reducing them to products they enjoy or invented, the backlash would be more severe and perhaps lead to calls for her resignation.
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