Originally posted by Signore Sole Aumentante:
Actually, I rather enjoy it when I tell people I'm Italian and they get a little afraid... even though I never mention the Mob! Even after all these years...
You've been mistaken for a Mexican? I never have... I think Italians are more German or English then they are Mexican. They are very white unless from southern Sicily where they get tanner. Italians have brown and black hair, Mexicans only black. Italians are half and half basically with blue eyes and brown eyes, Mexicans only brown eyes. That's wierd you were mistaken for a Mexican.
Your statistics are baseless!
Not many Southern Italians look German or English, although one can occasionally find a Campanian or Roman with a considerable amount of the old Lombard, Ostrogoth or Frankish stock that invaded those regions. Few 'pure' Northern Italians, yes; can pass for Northern German; Dutch; Swedish; etc. - those Northern Italians with Mediterranean admixture can resemble many French [mostly from southeastern France], & many British from the coastal regions of England.
Southern Italians, depending on the season, can look like Mexicans to those who are very ignorant regarding racial studies & other collective racial matters, namely anthropology.
Italians are by no means the most discriminated people in the world, not nowadays, anyway. They're without a doubt one of the most popular people in the world.
If anything Germans have it worse than any group; at least the groups most feel have been discriminated regardless of their history of achievement & civilization are 'allowed' to feel proud of their cultural heritage, unlike the Germans with all of their history of achievement & civilization. Their freedoms are subdivided everytime they in some way show any pride in what they are.
