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| - Racism in Italy has been present throughout the country's history. In particular, the Fascist State has openly adopted racist principles since late 1930s, following the conquest of Ethiopia. Benito Mussolini is often quoted as saying: "the white man has to subdue the black, brown and yellow races". Fascist racism, while still advocating the clear superiority of the White European civilization, is not a supremacist theory; rather, the Italian race, legitimate heir of the Roman Empire, has the sacred task and duty to bring the Roman Ideals and civilization to other peoples (mainly the African peoples); the War on Ethiopia was declared on these theoretical grounds. While, according to Fascism, the White race as a whole (also due to the fact that it was the home of the Christian faith) is supe
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| - Racism in Italy has been present throughout the country's history. In particular, the Fascist State has openly adopted racist principles since late 1930s, following the conquest of Ethiopia. Benito Mussolini is often quoted as saying: "the white man has to subdue the black, brown and yellow races". Fascist racism, while still advocating the clear superiority of the White European civilization, is not a supremacist theory; rather, the Italian race, legitimate heir of the Roman Empire, has the sacred task and duty to bring the Roman Ideals and civilization to other peoples (mainly the African peoples); the War on Ethiopia was declared on these theoretical grounds. While, according to Fascism, the White race as a whole (also due to the fact that it was the home of the Christian faith) is superior to the African races (considered as a whole), there is no such an abyss and separation within European peoples: the Italian people is more civilized than the Montenegrin or the Albanian peoples as a matter of fact and as true heir of the Roman Empire; however, both Montenegrin and Albanian peoples were part of the Roman Imperial legacy. Also differences between Libyan, Black and Abyssinian peoples are more a matter of fact than a principle; however, some peoples like Eritrean ones, are more inclined to receive and accept Italian civilization than others. Finally, the Roman Empire (and therefore also Fascism) was an universal community, seeking the best and absolute values and not imposing one language or another, one custom set or another, and so on: every people can and must maintain its own culture and integrity insofar that people accepts the Roman Imperial and Fascist values and ideals. Despite the presence of a Fascist regime allied to the Nazi Germany, Jews in Italy are tolerated, because Italy is a devoutly Catholic nation; however, the Italian Fascism is not anti-Semitic, although some individuals may embrace an anti-Semitic view. Italy until the World War II was seen as a safe haven by some Jewish refugees. hosting up to 11,000 persecuted Jews, including 2,806 of German descent, while Zionism is viewed as the Jewish declination of liberal democracy. Nowadays, Fascism recognizes the right of Zionist Jews to live peacefully in Israel, but only if they grant independence to Palestinian Arabs. The Directorate General for Demography and Race is the body within the Ministry of Interior which is responsible for the study and implementation of the measures regarding demographic and racial matters.
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