[Christian-D32025]

There is no doubt that there are some traces of North African features in the complexion of Sicilians. However, the Moorish occupation of Sicily lasted a mere 200 years and the only significant contributions were some architcture, granita, and some arabic melodies and words. I don't want to repeat what has already been intelligently said by previous responses, but I would like to put forth thiS question; Why are people obessed with the fact that Sicily is so close to Africa? Are we Italians hated so much in the US that people want to associate us with another marginalized group to justify their prejudice? Think about this, Spain is much, much closer to North Africa (only the Strait of Gibraltar seperates the two)and the Moorish occupation lasted centuries longer than it did in Sicily with much more significant contributions made. But do you ever hear of Spanish people being cast as 'African-like', no you don't because there aren't any sizeable Spanish immigrant communities in the US, most went to South America. I have been to Sicily, and would describe my friends there as looking Southern European (French, Spanish, Greek. etc..)I have seen countless people there with blond hair. And as for me, I am Italian with blue eyes and light brown hair, anyone wish to tell me that my ancestors were raped by Germanic tribes? BTW: i'm from southern Italy too.

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Name : Christian-D32025, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : European, Religion : Catholic, Age : 26, City : Coventry, State : NA Country : United Kingdom, Occupation : Student, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, 

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