It's certainly a zany story with a catchy headline — Italians mistake actor Samuel L. Jackson and legendary basketball player Magic Johnson for "lazy migrants." But there's much more to the story than a clickbaity title, and it taps into a widespread debate on populism, racism, and immigration.
It all started when left-wing satirical writer Luca Bottura posted on Facebook a meme of Jackson and Johnson on holiday in Forte dei Marmi for what he later described as a "social experiment"— in a nutshell, to troll migrant-haters in the country. Read more...
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