METRO
Italian Americans pan Chris Cuomo’s ‘Fredo’ ethnic slur claim
By Israel Salas-Rodriguez, Larry Celona and Aaron Feis
August 13, 2019 | 8:05pm | Updated
Italian American New Yorkers weighed in Tuesday on Chris Cuomo’s claim that “Fredo” is an ethnic slur — and while they said it’s insulting, the agreement was that anyone who likens it to the N-word is stunad.
“If anything, when we call somebody ‘Fredo’ it’s like [to say they’re] stupid,” said a worker at Bensonhurst bakery Villabate Alba, who gave her name as Angela. “If somebody were to call me ‘Fredo,’ I would be like, ‘OK, you too.’ … Not like the N-word. That’s another level.”
A worker at S.A.S. Italian Records on 18th Avenue said that any insult meant by the “Godfather” reference was tied to Fredo being a turncoat.
“Fredo means a backstabber, a person who went against his own kind. He went against his brother,” said Sergio Conte, 54. “If I was black and somebody called me the N-word, I would flip out. I’d be in anger.”
Cuomo, the host of a prime-time CNN news show and kid brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, flipped out Sunday when an agitator called him “Fredo,” in a reference to slow-on-the-uptake “Godfather” character Fredo Corleone.
“I’ll f–king throw you down these stairs like a f–king punk,” railed Cuomo, 49, in the caught-on-video meltdown. “I’ll f–king wreck your s–t.”
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READ MORE: https://nypost.com/2019/08/13/italian-americans-pan-chris-cuomos-fredo-ethnic-slur-claim/
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