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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish48•1 day ago“White” is not a category that is used a lot in Europe.
minus-square@SkullgridlinkEnglish3•15 hours 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]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 hours agoThat still not “a lot” in European terms :)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish49•1 day agoExactly. The term we use to categorize Italians is “Italian”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish18•1 day agoI have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish21•1 day agoThat goes for pretty much anywhere in Italy
minus-square@CortlinkEnglish5•18 hours agoThat they wouldn’t want to be called Italian, or that that would debate you?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 hours 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.
“White” is not a category that is used a lot in Europe.
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 :)
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.