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Enrico Caruso sings La donna è mobile from Verdi's Rigoletto, circa 1908
O patria mia
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Marie Rappold performing "O patria mia" from Verdi's Aida (1916)
“The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognises neither pity nor pitilessness.” —John Berger (b. 1926)
“Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so—called educational system, which is nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one’s ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the “educational system” are the prime sources of racism in the United States.” —Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
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