I have heard that it's getting more and more diverse. Which countries do its new arrivals come from?
2006-09-25 08:20:03 · 7 answers · asked by The Global Geezer 7 in Social Science ➔ Anthropology
It's not as multicultural as the united states
there's lots of imigrants, though, preminently from the following countries /areas:
-africa (northen coast and middle)
-albania
-poland
-shrilanka
-philipines
-romania
-ucraine
few latin americans
2006-09-26 02:45:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the new arrivals coming to Italy are arriving from Africa and the middle east, both legally and illegally. As big as the debate is over illegal immigration is in the US, its just as big, or bigger in some western European countries.
I wouldn't really say that Italy is embracing being multi-cultural. Most new immigrants live in very isolated communities. The perception in the US also is that Europe is very liberal, very progressive, and very accepting of new immigrants, and we here in the states are backwards and conservative.
Racism in Europe though is very overt. Go to any soccer game in Italy, Spain, or Germany. When a player of African descent gets the ball or scores a goal. The crowd begins making monkey noises. In Italy I can remember the fans throwing bananas on the field when an African player scored a goal.
2006-09-25 08:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by DAN 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The spectacular alpine regions of the country are so Teutonic that many visitors ask themselves Is It Italy Or Not?
Tucked away in parts of southern Italy that many visitors never see, there are towns which were founded many centuries ago by the Albanians. Their ancestors and their dialect, called arberesh, are still alive today.
Other areas that are heavily ethnicized are Val D'Aosta (where the dialect is just a smidge removed from French), parts of Sardinia (where you could swear they're speaking pure Castilian), and Friuli-Venezia Giulia, whose culture and dialect bear strong signs of Slovenian influence. The Italian Parliament is currently debating (and likely to approve) a decree declaring Friulano an official language. The immediate result will be that all public signs, as well as official documents, will be printed in Italian and Friulano.
In this most Christian of countries, Jewish culture is present from north to south, having survived centuries of persecution and isolation.
2006-09-25 08:25:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Italy is BEAutiful!
its a whole new culture on its own!
2006-09-25 23:29:08 · answer #4 · answered by Janey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very Multi-Cultural.
Maybe more than the US
2006-09-25 09:22:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Jesus Christ....woo hoo, he's big there. He's like the Coca-Cola of Italy!"
2006-09-25 08:28:47 · answer #6 · answered by jaike 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its dont like nig nogs
2006-09-25 08:24:47 · answer #7 · answered by nigbuster 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋