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"Dark" Italians are NOT black

posted 9 years ago by The411
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Evidence here:

http://italianthro.altervista.org/italians.html

[–] Edward_de_Vere 9 years ago

Southern Italians and Sicilians are swarthy because of Middle Eastern influence, not black African influence. That's why so many Jewish actors are often cast as Italian characters and Italian actors are often cast as Jewish characters.

[–] The411 9 years ago

No, it's not even Middle Eastern influence. The evidence in the link I posted proves that too. Southern Italians and Sicilians are just regular Southern Europeans. They look like all other Italians:

http://italianthro.altervista.org/amici.html
http://italianthro.altervista.org/grande-fratello.html

The reason Jews often look like Italians is because they have a lot of Italian ancestry:

http://italianthro.blogspot.com/2014/03/italian-ancestry-of-ashkenazi-jews.html

[–] CapitanHowie 9 years ago

Where was this even said in the movie?? Who the Fck CARES?

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[–] The411 9 years ago

Spike Lee obviously cares because he said it again in Jungle Fever. He's obsessed with Italians.

http://italianthro.blogspot.com/2011/01/spike-lees-italian-obsession.html

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[–] cbee43 9 years ago

Got news for you...lots of Italians in The southern part of Italy are mixed with Black, cause they have Been race mixing.

[–] gaiterifelice 8 years ago

Muslims from north Africa were in Sicily for centuries. They were very successful and introduced the cultivation of Almonds.

[–] random_guy85 8 years ago

Because that has so much to do with this movie.

[–] HeyitsABlackGuy 8 years ago

Everyone came from,"black." Black is a dominate color. If a black man *beep* a white female, that female will produce a black baby. White is a recessive gene. You can't get black from white. That's a scientific fact.

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