Rethinking Anti-Southern racism: a qualitative study in Veneto

This research intends to investigate if and what kind of legacy of anti-Southern racism still exists in Italy. For this reason, exploratory research was conducted in Veneto based on dialogic interviews. These interviews offer an interesting picture of contemporary Italy from a sociological point of view, showing the perception of the existence of two well-differentiated parts within the country, the southern and the northern one. In the discussion of results, it is argued that forms of discrimination against Southerners are still present in Italy, although they have changed in terms of form and intensity.