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Comment author: bogus 02 February 2014 12:42:16AM *  0 points [-]

especially when the other suspect is also a foreigner, and from an ethnic group Italians dislike much more than that of Amanda Knox.

I wouldn't be too sure of that. Italians are not likely to be openly racist, but their distrust and even dislike towards non-EU nationals (or "Extracomunitari") is fairly well-known. Anti-American sentiment is not unknown there either, due in part to the country's legacy as a sort of "soft-power" battlefield during the Cold War period.

Comment author: [deleted] 02 February 2014 10:26:50AM *  1 point [-]

While “extracomunitari” technically includes Americans, it's not commonly used as a slur against them. It's mostly used for immigrants from poorer countries, such as North Africans and (before the EU was enlarged) Eastern Europeans.

(There are plenty of anti-American people too, but these tend to be not the same people as those who use “extracomunitari” as a slur.)

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