BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Call 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 年前message-square101linkfedilink
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50arrow-down1·1 年前“White” is not a category that is used a lot in Europe.
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·1 年前Exactly. The term we use to categorize Italians is “Italian”.
minus-squareSergio@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 年前I have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.
minus-squareCort@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前That they wouldn’t want to be called Italian, or that that would debate you?
minus-squareYeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 年前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.
minus-squareBigAssFan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Same goes for Germans. On another level: also for Brits or Europeans.
minus-squareYeather@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前I 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 年前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.
minus-squareLumidaub@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前That 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 :)