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[quote=Anonymous]There's a lot of French influence in certain parts of southern Italy (Naples for one), which is why there are some blue eyed Italians there. My family always noted that they were from the North because there was a lot of racism and discrimination against Italians during the middle of the last country - name calling, refusal to hire and job discrimination, housing and dating segregation. It certainly was no different from the discrimination towards the Irish during the late 1800s, towards Chinese and Japanese immigrants to the West Coast during that century, or towards Hispanics today, but it happened and my family used the North/South distinction to try to avoid being treated badly. Though growing up in the suburbs during the '70s and early '80s, I certainly heard my share of negative remarks against Italians, including my family, so claiming we were from the North didn't help much![/quote]
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