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Could a white person live in Italian neighbourhood


In the film they refer to themselves as white so could a white person from British/german decent live there. I wouldn't really call the Italians white like the Spanish and Portuguese they have different skin colour than white english, polish, russian, german, etcetera

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Generally speaking, Yes. I grew up in an Italian neighborhood in NYC and we had a few other white groups living there, too. Outsiders were not welcomed because it was all about trust. Being from the neighborhood and knowing each other's families was everything. Honestly... blacks, Puerto Ricans, and yuppies were not treated good because most people felt they couldn't relate and trust them. Also..FYI..Italians call themselves "white". They take it as an insult if you say they are not !

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Well Italians were "white" enough for Hitler to be allied with so I guess they are white.

"A real man would rather bow down to a strong woman than dominate a weak one"

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Hitler was aligned with the Japanese also so you are making what is called a false equivalency.

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Hitler was noted for being a Italophile. Hell, he copied his speaking style from Mussolini.lol

"A real man would rather bow down to a strong woman than dominate a weak one"

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Well Hitler hated Jews who are whiter than the Italians so I don't think Hitler really care much about skin tone, that was more a Mussolini concern than an Hitler concern.

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I think the Dennis Hopper reasoning speech just before he's killed in True Romance is essential viewing for this debate.

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Amen! Part Eggplant?

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Italians by and large are white people. There is a portion of the population, mostly from southern Italy and Sicily that have darker skin, but Italians are white Europeans.

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I call bullsh*t.

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Ever been to Sicily? The poster you called BS on is correct.

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That's a typo, you idiot! It's "The Moors!

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Only in America are Italians white....

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