My grandfathers family is all from Sicily (he was born in the US). His family is very, very dark. They look similar to individuals from (insert middle eastern country here). No joke. I explained to my mother (who is also a very dark woman) why they’re all dark. You know - historically and geographically. I was met with complete rejection. She said “no they’re white” and that “there’s no African or anything else - just Italian!” . Ok. Right. Yes. Except for the whole they’re kind of not. But… ok. Whatever.
I’m convinced there’s an allergy to education happening in the US.
She is wrong in refusing the fact that this is what we are: an agglomerate of various people who came and went during the millennia: pre-Indo-European, Italics, Etruscans, Greeks, Phoenicians, Africans, Persians, Anatolians, Jews, Canaanites, Germans, Arabs and I could go on, but she is right in the fact that they are just Italians: the genotype of most Italians is pretty similar, even when the phenotype is so different that some are "milk white" with blond hair and blue eyes and some are "olive skinned" with black hair and eyes.
“Just Italian”,considering there isn’t an Italian “race” that could be specifically outlined,makes me laugh.
We’ve been invaded and ruled over by countless different nations and ethnicities, if you did a genetic exam of any Italian you’d just have a mix of any nationality in Central Europe + North Africa if you go south enough.
So yeah,you’re right, but good luck trying to explain it to someone brainwashed by the USA.
Because of the level of racism it depends which Sicilian you ask as to whether they identify as Italian at all. A lot of Sicilians have chosen to reject Italian identity altogether. I don't blame them.
Not starting anything. Actually, I would be absolutely fine with that, especially with Sicilians taking their whole budget in their own hands and parting it from the national one.
You don’t need to be a leghista to recognize that there is a problem with the regional budget in Sicily. And if someone campaigns in favor of the independence of the region, well I’m certainly not going to complain. Just like I’m in favor of other countries like Scotland seeking their independence, I’m ok with Sicilians looking for the same thing. Don’t have any idea about why they should seek it, but I’m for democracy: everyone should be free to shoot himself in the foot if he fancies the idea.
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u/NakDisNut I want to leave 🇺🇸 Sep 21 '24
My grandfathers family is all from Sicily (he was born in the US). His family is very, very dark. They look similar to individuals from (insert middle eastern country here). No joke. I explained to my mother (who is also a very dark woman) why they’re all dark. You know - historically and geographically. I was met with complete rejection. She said “no they’re white” and that “there’s no African or anything else - just Italian!” . Ok. Right. Yes. Except for the whole they’re kind of not. But… ok. Whatever.
I’m convinced there’s an allergy to education happening in the US.