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emmaverybo

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3. They were said to be criminally inclined as proven by their physiognomy. And they were imprisoned!

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sat Oct 12, 2019, 02:43 PM

Oct 2019

An old criminology book I found on internet I think depicted drawings of Southern Italian heads, measurements, and contended that they were more primitive in nature than those from more northern or western regions.

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How Italians Became 'White' [View all] dalton99a Oct 2019 OP

Thanks for posting this. Collimator Oct 2019 #1

A few years after my father died, my mother married "Luigi" a second generation Italian... TreasonousBastard Oct 2019 #2

They were said to be criminally inclined as proven by their physiognomy. And they were imprisoned! emmaverybo Oct 2019 #3

A blond blue-eyed Italian cousin endured signficant 'guinea' slurs that left a empedocles Oct 2019 #4

Sicily has been invaded so many times. Collimator Oct 2019 #11

My son and his wife spent their last vacation in Sicily about a year and a half ago. empedocles Oct 2019 #12

A friend of mine once heard the first Godfather movie described as PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2019 #5

Lots of anti Italian sentiment in my Western Pa family.. mitch96 Oct 2019 #6

Sad things is that some of the staunchest supporters of fuckface... Lucky Luciano Oct 2019 #7

So true. Paka Oct 2019 #8

Job signs from the 1800s: keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #9

+1. Very common dalton99a Oct 2019 #10

True Romance.Origins of Sicilians.Dennis Hopper.Christopher Walkin packman Oct 2019 #13