I think the Italians feel like I’m one of them. I think that’s because I resurrected a brand that was very close to their hearts, and I lived in Italy for a long time and speak Italian. The English, who knows?
As for the French, the first thing out of every French reviewer’s mouth was something about being an American. The French are very nationalistic, which I think is very backward, honestly.
I think today you have to be international and global. It’s very narrow to think in a nationalistic way. Unfortunately, Americans do the same thing, because most Americans don’t even have a passport. They don’t travel.
Silicon Valley is made up of transplants;domestic and foreign.If there is a place in the world where prejudice,racism,and sexism are at minimum; SV will rank among the top.
Sarah Palin didn’t feel the need to obtain a passport till 2006,she prides herself on being ‘nature born american’,’patriotic’ and ‘nationalistic’,but; can she find China from a map?