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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish50•7 months ago“White” is not a category that is used a lot in Europe.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish51•7 months agoExactly. The term we use to categorize Italians is “Italian”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•7 months agoI have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish22•7 months agoThat goes for pretty much anywhere in Italy
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoThat they wouldn’t want to be called Italian, or that that would debate you?
minus-squareYeatherlinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months agoItalians fall into the trap of being from their specific region rather than the country. Somebody from Sicily will say that aren’t Italian they are Sicilian, likewise how someone in Rome is Roman. To everyone else they are all Italian.
minus-squareBigAssFanlinkfedilinkEnglish2•7 months agoSame goes for Germans. On another level: also for Brits or Europeans.
minus-squareYeatherlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoI feel like Germans are either German or Bavarian, and Brits use cities more than regions, but still identify as British to outsiders.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agohttps://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/style-guide/ethnic-groups/#2021-census In Britain it’s used in most forms that check for diversity etc.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoThat still not “a lot” in European terms :)
“White” is not a category that is used a lot in Europe.
Exactly. The term we use to categorize Italians is “Italian”.
I have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.
That goes for pretty much anywhere in Italy
That they wouldn’t want to be called Italian, or that that would debate you?
Italians fall into the trap of being from their specific region rather than the country. Somebody from Sicily will say that aren’t Italian they are Sicilian, likewise how someone in Rome is Roman. To everyone else they are all Italian.
Same goes for Germans. On another level: also for Brits or Europeans.
I feel like Germans are either German or Bavarian, and Brits use cities more than regions, but still identify as British to outsiders.
https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/style-guide/ethnic-groups/#2021-census
In Britain it’s used in most forms that check for diversity etc.
That still not “a lot” in European terms :)