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		southphillyman on Oct 19, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan's Hometown Tax Perhaps this explains why Italian Americans don't really look like the Italians I see on Italian television shows? Seems most of them migrated from southern Italy/Sicily.

coldtea on Oct 20, 2018 [–]

>Seems most of them migrated from southern Italy/Sicily.

Yes, since they were the poorest provinces, and thus the ones that produced most immigrants.

A "fun" read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Italianism#Anti-Italianis...

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