Are there light skinned italians

We also need scapegoats. Our dirty little secret is that we need those scapegoats as much as we claim to need heroes. Here in South Philadelphia, some of us are no better than the rest of Americans. Our rationalizations trip too easily from our tongues. We ignore the fact that most of the immigrants coming here are coming here for the same reason our parents and grandparents came here — to live a better life.

They flee oppression. They flee the ravages of poverty. We cloak our opposition in legalese. Rules are rules. But we show our hypocrisy as we embrace efforts to halt legal immigration. We refuse to see the truth. Sign in. Log into your account. He is the perfect example of an Italian with bright blue eyes! This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Skip to content Search for: Search Close.

Close Menu. Nevertheless, hair and eye color vary in Italy and so does skin tone! Source: WesternParadigm The following map shows the percent of Italian who have blonde hair. People have been fascinated with skin color ever since the dawn of time. Now, fascination with a physical feature is one thing, science another, and studies actually show how skin tone has varied greatly among humans for at least the last , years.

Basically, the truth is all Homo Sapiens were black to start with, and loss of melanin pigmentation occurred under natural selection as Homo sapiens dispersed into non-tropical latitudes. So, back to the Italians, what we can actually try to talk about is ethnicity. In classical times the Italian boot was home to the ancient Phoenicians , Greeks , Etruscans , and Celts , alongside a variety of indigenous Italic tribes and Carthaginian colonies.

Even then all these different peoples and tribes moved around. Hence, the cultural and ethnic medley had already started. They did so whilst maintaining unity and peace by allowing freedom of worship and traditions to the various people, until the 5th century AD. Meantime, Jews had arrived in Italy too. When the Roman Empire collapsed, the whole world — well, at least those powerful enough to act on it — suddenly realized an important fact.

How very appealing that nondescript territory was, smack in the most strategic position of the Mediterranean. So, Germanic tribes — the Ostrogoth s, the Lombards — crossed the Alps and grabbed what they could in the northern part of the country.

In the meanwhile the Mediterranean seafarers first — the Byzantines , the Saracens — and then the Normans tall blonde Vikings! Since English is one of the official languages of India, this was not surprising. I lifted my camera and asked if I could take a picture of their little girl.

Yes, yes, he said. Then he conferred with his wife, who turned around to their car and fished out a thermos. Thank you, " I said. I was surprised then, to see his wife pouring what looked like a slightly yellow-ish milk from the thermos into a plastic cup for me.

The couple looked at me and smiled. I smiled back, nervously. Well, I had gotten myself into this mess. I took a small sip. I took another and swallowed. It was surprisingly good. Overjoyed and relieved to find out that I could be both polite and enjoy a hot drink, I smiled.

The couple smiled back and offered me a biscuit as well. The man, named Sokhi, and I continued to talk in English. He told me had lived and worked in Dubai for several years. After I finished my snack, I asked if I could have a picture of the three of them together. They were happy to oblige. When he asked if I would send him a copy, I promised. He wrote down his name and address. I saw that they lived in Palermo. There was a fish market and fishing boats in one direction and a small outdoor carnival area in the other.