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Most Italians I know are not dark and usually have either light hair and or light eyes so why do some people categorize Italians as dark when they actually aren't any darker then other europeans?
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∙ 12y ago
HARDLY all Italians are "dark". Most of them appear light skinned with brown hair and eyes. Some are blond with blue eyes, etc. They vary in appearance like anyone else. Sicilians are generally darker but there are still many light skinned, light haired people among them. Italians are best known for their swarthy exotic look in the USA due to Sicilian influence in American culture - Spanish and Portugese immigrants are not too common in North America.
And remember - Italians are CAUCASIANS. Distant moorish blood does not alter this. If every country in Europe with olive skinned people in it were considered non-white, half the continent would be non-white.
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