BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCall an ambulance because I'm dead, and I'm Canadian and can afford it.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square101linkfedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down126
arrow-up11Karrow-down1imageCall an ambulance because I'm dead, and I'm Canadian and can afford it.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square101linkfedilink
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down1·1 year ago“White” is not a category that is used a lot in Europe.
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·1 year agoExactly. The term we use to categorize Italians is “Italian”.
minus-squareSergio@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoI have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 year agoThat goes for pretty much anywhere in Italy
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThat they wouldn’t want to be called Italian, or that that would debate you?
minus-squareYeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year 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-squareBigAssFan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSame goes for Germans. On another level: also for Brits or Europeans.
minus-squareYeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI feel like Germans are either German or Bavarian, and Brits use cities more than regions, but still identify as British to outsiders.
minus-squareSkullgrid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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 :)