I'm Italian. Most white supremacists are Nordicists: they 'think' that whites from Northwestern Europe are superior to those from S or E Europe. They say the ancient Greeks and Romans were Nordic, but their gene pools were swamped with non-Whites over the ages, which is why modern Greeks and Italians are darker. But they ignore the fact that the ancient Greeks and Romans were even DARKER than the ones nowadays, not lighter! Haven't they seen the paintings? It's closer to the equator; that's why we have a Mediterranean skin tone. They ALSO like to differentiate between Northern and Southern Italy, claiming that Northerners are more Germanic, and that the Renaissance took place in N Italy. They grossly over-exagerate the ethnic differences between N and S Italy. *Lorenzo de' Medici was one of the most important Renaissance figures. How Nordic does he look?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_de%27_Medici
He was a "Northern" Italian too. I'm Southern Italian, and I'm lighter than him.
2006-08-13
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