>>213044380Two reasons:
1. A lot of brownoids think they can "pass" as Mediterranean because of the dark skin/brown eyes. They also basically come out of the womb wishing they were white, and the closest they'll ever get to that fantasy is by convincing other people they're Italian/Spanish.
2. This isn't as true for Mexico, but in South American countries like Brazil and Argentina there were a lot of Italian immigrants. You'll occasionally run into Argie/BR flags on this board bragging about their "European ancestry" and 9/10 times they're like 5% Italian and look straight out of the jungle.