Ovidiu Deculescu is a Romanian Italian young man, "just like any other", as he likes to describe himself. He is 22. Ovidiu spent half of his life in Bucharest and then came to live in North-Italy, with his mother who works as a nurse. He is currently studying Foreign Languages at the University in Padua, where he took his passion for Romanian culture and computers. For a year now, the Romanian is fighting against numerous racist groups set up on the internet and he is actively engaged with the Italian police to unveil those displaying a xenophobe attitude towards Romanians.
He's been using Facebook for four years, first to stay in contact with his friends, then to participate to the virtual life and so he subscribed to several groups matching his interests. At some point, he discovered a series of Italian groups whose main aim was to denigrate the Romanian nation. Intrigued, he started to follow them and he soon realised that these groups were not only about objective critics, but about generalisations of exaggerated description lacking any genuine shred.
He was introduced by a friend to a group whose symbol was a swear phrase against Romanians. There were reactions to the TV add broadcasted by the Italian channels: "Romania, piacere di conoscerti" (Romania, a pleasure to meet you), a campaign funded heavily by the Romanian government. Many Italians seemed to be disgusted by the clip and started to bring offences to the Romanian nation.
At first, Ovidiu joined the groups and tried to discuss with their members, trying to break down false stereotypes and to show aspects from Italy's society and history that can stand as a counter-argument to the offences they laid against Romanians. He also indicated to the massive emigrations that Italians themselves were once subject to. He did not forget to stress that old Italians were cared for
