1.5 Generation

Yesterday, I heard Chris Cuomo on CNN refer to himself as “second generation American.” Son of the former (now late) governor of New York, Mario Cuomo, and grandson to Italian immigrants, the self-identification irked me. If his grandparents were the first generation to come over, wouldn’t that make him third generation? The label has personal […]

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