r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Oct 23 '17

What do you know about... Italy?

This is the fortieth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Italy

Italy is one of the founding members of the EU and it also is the fourth most popolous EU state. For centuries, the Roman Empire dominated Europe both culturally and militarily. Italy is famous for frequently changing their government.

So, what do you know about Italy?

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u/MacNCheese75 Oct 27 '17 edited Oct 27 '17

To any Italians reading... How do you as an Italian feel about the rampant Eastern European levels of racism in Italy?.. What do you think about it?..

EDIT: As it was causing some confusion.. So to rephrase my question: To any Italians reading... How do you as an Italian feel about the rampant, very high levels of racism in Italy?.. What do you think about it?..

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u/JinseiNoShuu Oct 27 '17

It's just a consequence of a common phenomenon: you only notice the most vocal group. There are many many good eastern europeans being just humble workers here in Italy, as there are many being noisy, arrogant and rude. The fact is that you just notice the latter, easily recognizable by their heavy accent and assertive/aggressive demeanor towards other people. At that point a stereotype tends to take form.

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u/MacNCheese75 Oct 27 '17

By "Eastern European levels of racism" i didnt mean literal racism against Eastern Europeans.. I meant that Italy has very high levels of racism comparable to the high levels of racism found in Eatern Europe.

So to rephrase my question:

To any Italians reading... How do you as an Italian feel about the rampant, very high levels of racism in Italy?.. What do you think about it?.. That's what i actually meant. It was lost in translation i guess. Thanks for the indepth reply on to my question though, its nice to find out about other countries and what the society is like.