The project “Italiani DOS (Di Origine Straniera)” attempts to conduct research at a national level among people with a migrant background, born or not in the country, trying to reflect the expectations, ambitions and difficulties that they face during their lives in a country that is far behind the level of progress to which it aspires.

These people, whether they are citizens without citizenship, children with parents of different nationalities or adopted, or otherwise, are resources too often snubbed by institutions and discredited (not to say racialized) by a society too tied to ancient canons of culture and individual identity.

People with a migrant background are a precious resource for every community today as in the past, because, if well-inserted and integrated, they bring new knowledge and development, but above all they read society from a different perspective, often identifying problems invisible to most.

Unfortunately, this category of new Italians is still often discriminated against and held back by outdated laws (such as the issue of citizenship, voting, etc.) that limit full access to socio/educational/political structures (as well as healthcare, etc.) that, in addition to creating dissent and social hardship exploited by populists of the moment, prevents the development of a modern society based on equality and meritocracy where diversity is valued instead of being used as a discriminatory vector.

Italian culture and not only, should also be composed of new names and forms, more than anything Italy should realize that the country and its population has changed.