Columbian Lawyers Association’s ‘Italians in America, Victims of Discrimination’ makes vital point
Chuck Otey's Pro Bono Barrister
Each Immigrant Wave Confronted with Complex, Often Dangerous, Hurdles
When the Columbian Lawyers Association of Brooklyn, led this year by President Joseph Rosato, held its most recent CLE-accredited session, the focus was discrimination.
However, it did not deal with the kind of discrimination that dominates the headlines these days, spurred by the widespread angst concerning Middle Eastern immigrants that has hardened since the terror attacks of 9/11. It wasn’t about another headlining phenomenon involving the mass exodus of frightened and impoverished asylum seekers from Honduras, Guatemala and other Central American countries that are bursting at the seams with rampant chaos and criminality. Nor did the session deal with the insidious and monumental issue of slavery and deserved compensation of millions of Africans whose forced labor, valued in the trillions of dollars, played a key part in building our modern, prosperous economy.