An ethnicity some people say we aren't white some say we are, the truth is people from the south are more olive skinned so it might seem like that, but we are usually perceived as white.
The Hollywood normalisation of Italian isn't always true there are people with
tan dark
hair and a
bit tasci(-plural of tascio someone who wears a lot of gold and shit) but usually you can find people with blonde
hair and pale skin though the most common colour of hair is brown.
We love our families and food especially our trad food but not everyone does and that's
ok it'
s not mandatory to like it.
We are not all linked to mafia even though it is a bad
apple in our country that originated from Sicily (
FML I am sicilian) that expanded to other countries especially US because of emigration.
We are usually kind and respectful just make sure not to meet a maranza, someone who is very tascio and wears Nike sets and gold chains and acts
like a douche bag, but there is a little little minority of them who isn't a douche bag.
We love our country for our sea our country sides but most hate our
government, and honestly as an Italian I've seen more foreign people love our country more than us tbh.