Sociologist Richard Alba
They Just Don’t Make Meatballs Like They Used To
Sociologist Richard Alba is a professor at the City University of New York who studies race, ethnicity, and international migration. Before participating in a panel on whether American diversity and democracy can go hand in hand, he sat down in the Zócalo green room to talk about his childhood in the Bronx, and two things he used to enjoy but no longer consumes: alcohol and meatballs.