A really smart, good-looking Mediterranean person with kick-ass food, families, and values.

The sworn immortal enemies of Dr. Atkins

An incredibly cultured people who work hard and are not considered white by white people and yet not considered minorities to the WASP-ass government.
Sometimes get a bad rep because of movies and shows where they are depicted as gangsters. Italian women are strong-willed, hard-working, and completey hot just like Irish and Black women. Usually have beautiful olive skin and dark hair. Italian men love their families and work hard and many are incredibly intelligent, despite what it shows in the movies. Leonardo DiVinci, an Italian man, was one of the smartest men in the world. Italians are also great artists. An Italian discovered America, an Italian named America, the Italians slave to make a better life while WASPs like Peter kick us in the face. And don't sit there rolling your eyes, whities, because I know you would support this if another minority wrote this, but simply because you think I'm Italian you blow this off. "I'll pretend to give a rats ass about what blacks and asians say because it's the cool thing to do, but I don't care about Italians." You're hypocrites. All minorities, Italians, blacks, hispanics, need to come together.

Can't make their mind up if there white people or not. Beautiful country. The women are fucking awesome too...

a language derived from Latin and spoken by the people of the country of Italy. Here's a pronunciation guide:

A = pronounced like (AH)
AI = pronounced sort of like (EYE)
AU = pronounced like (OW)
B = pronounced like (B)
C = pronounced like (K) when next to A, O, U, HI, HE, R, L
C = pronounced like (CH) when next to I, E, IA, IO, IU
D = pronounced like (D)
E = pronounced like (AY) with single consonants
E = pronounced like (EH) with double consonants
F = pronounced like (F)
G = pronounced like (G) when next to A, O, U, R, L, HI, HE
G = pronounced like (J) when next to I, E, IA, IO, IU
GU = pronounced like (GW)
GN = pronounced like (NY) as in CANYON
GL = pronounced like (LY) as in TALL YARD
H = pronounced silent makes G and C hard next to I and E like in the word "SPAGHETTI"
I = pronounced like (EE)
J = occurs in foreign words; pronounced like (Y)
There is no K
L = pronounced like (L)
M = pronounced like (M)
N = pronounced like (N)
O = pronounced like (OH)
OI = pronounced sort of like (OY)
P = pronounced like (P)
Q = pronounced like (KW) when next to U
R = pronounced like (R) but it is rolled like in Spanish and Latin
S = pronounced like (S) and pronounced like (Z) when it is surrounded by vowels like in "POESIA"
T = pronounced like (T)
U = pronounced like (OO)
V = pronounced like (V)
There is no W
There is no X
There is no Y
Z = pronounced like (TS)
ZZ = pronounced like (TS)

The grave accent appears on the last syllable of words to indicate that it is stressed. Otherwise, there are generally no other accents.

The most respected culture around...Hated by those only who wish to be like us...Those who only say were good for pasta is worthless...No worthless empires rule the world for hundreds of years...Shout to my REAL Guido brothers...Not you fake ghetto FUBU wannabes

A member of a white (yes white to the folks who keep saying otherwise) European ethnic group indigenous to Italy in southern Europe. The Italian language and culture is largely derived from that of the ancient Romans (i.e. Latin-based Romance language, Catholic Christianity, etc.) and Italians also launched the Renaissance, a period of enlightenment and learning that brought Europe out of the Dark Ages.

People, "Latin" and "white" are not mutually exclusive terms. One may be culturally Latin but racially a white European. Italians, Spaniards, French, Portuguese, and Romanians are all European Latins. In America, "Latin" has become synonymous with Latin Americans (i.e. Mexicans).

Italians are indeed white, just not WASPs (white Protestants of northern European descent), it's really no more complicated than this. Take it from me (I'm Italian-American btw), it's also mainly the Sicilians and Calabrians who tend to have the stereotypical black-haired olive-skinned dark-eyed look that most Americans associate with Italians (these areas saw heavier Greek, Phoenician, and Arab settlement), but even in these places you can still find folks with lighter hair, light eyes, and pale skin. The most common hair color for Italians is some shade of brown, with all eye colors from blue, green, hazel, and brown well-represented (with hazel/brown a bit more common), and skin that typically ranges from pale to light olive.

Victims of the stereotype that we wear nineteen gold chains and uses the words deez, demz,and dohz. And usually have ties to the Mafia. Just because we have Italian last names and are the darkest white people you have ever seen does not mean we are like that.

People of Italy are known for their olive skin and dark hair. However there still are Italians with blonde hair and blue eyes. The stigma that Italians are dumb is held up by shows like "Jersey Shore," but originally came from the Ellis Island days. Around this time, the IQ test was invented and someone had the brilliant idea to use IQ tests to test incoming immigrants. One supposed expert at the time stated that 75% of Russians were incompetent, 69% of Polish, and 67% of Italians. These people soon started getting jobs as butchers because of the stigma, introducing the polish sausage and Italian salami. -- I am Italian and do not mess with my salami!