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Originally Posted by Mandingo the Barbie Lover
Nasty looks and comments from people in Italy? Considering the black African Moor blood that runs through a lot of Italians (which a lot won't admit) Wow. I thought it was idiots over here in the West that did that. Which part of Italy are you from? I would be shocked if its South Italy.But Eastern Europe is still white(isn't East Europe conidered the shithole part of Europe?)
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Firstly, be prepared to be shocked, but it I'm from South Italy, relatively close to Naples.
Things are going a bit downhill over here, with the current general economic situation, the problem of illegal immigrants coming through our borders, supposedly "taking away jobs" from the local people (when often it's jobs nobody ever wants to do - like harvest tomatoes and stuff).
Add to that a certain "media hype" against certain groups of immigrants, you soon see that xenophobia is on the rise. Though, luckily, you don't notice it that much on the street, it's still only certain occasional.
There also is the fact that there seems to be a cycling through which "immigrant group" is to be targeted as the "unwanted" (don't we just envy those Arizonans who know well that the bad ones are only Mexicans?). In the 1980s it was our very own Neapolitans and Sicilians who were hated anywhere from Rome upwards; in the 1990s it was Maroccans and Albanians who were all criminals in the 2000s it was Gypsies/Romanians, now in the 2010s it's still the Romanians but there seems to be the trend that it's time to focus on someone else (afterall we can't just kick out Romanians, they're part of the EU now).
You're right about Eastern Europe still being white, but see there lies what I find one of the major differences between Europe and the US. Over here with all the century-old National histories it's more about Nationality than it is about skin color. We might have the same Currency in 27 Countries, an Economic Free Trade Zone, little-to-no interior borders, laws that are being brought closer together, University Education made more comparable between the single Nations. But still distinctions are made between the different Nationalities.
My black Boyfriend got treated much better in Restaurants, Stores, etc. than me when we went to Milan.
I guess to put it somewhat in perspective for you "some probably feel they are whiter than others".
Which part of Europe is to be considered the Shithole part? Well, it somewhat depends of where you live. I guess for the Germans, Brits, Scandinavians, and French, anything a part from them could be considered the Shithole. Be it the East, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, or Spain. If you're from one of the "shitholes" you look down at who is worse off than you.
Regarding the Idiots, firstly you get Idiots all around the world, but like I said it's somewhat a double standard.
If it's a local white guy with a black girl, it's all like "ooh what a cute couple" - and the only ones badmouthing behind their backs will be other guys who are jealous with stuff like "he must've gotten her around with money / he can't get another girl." If they have a child, it's "what a sweet little baby" etc.
On the other hand if you're a local white girl with a black guy, you get labled as a whore.
Though, my personal worst experience was with how a black woman behaved towards me (and trust me, looking back, it was quite ridiculous).
But I think we're straying a bit too far off OT.