[Carlford Wadley]

Its true to a greater degree than people think that Italians have black blood. It is true in general of most meditterenan people. One of the reasons why color was not as discussed in ancient times is as most sociologist point out cultural background mattered more than color. Italy and greece have had long histories with the African Continent. Aesop was believed to have been black and at least one branch of the Demedici houshold was Afro Italian (Alessandro Demedici mother was African and his his father was an Italian Bishop). Also i think the poster who said the Moors were non-african was slightly incorrect. While it is true the Moors are not sub saharan they can be and would be and are considered black in Western Society. Arabic and Meditterinean society have a different view of race than we do since intermixture has being going on there for ever (e.g. I have a Iranian friend whose great grandmother is black from the coastal area of Iran and also has Persian and Mongolian Ancestry). the best way to illustrate this are two seperate encounters I have had. I met an Arabic man whose hair had the same kinky quality as mine and who was a shade lighter who did not consider himself black. I have also met a Somalian fellow with naturally straight hair who had the typical look of a dark skinned Arab or Moor who considered himself black. It must also be remembered that when Italians (primarily Sicilan and Southern Italians) first came to the states they were considered black thus the slur 'guinea' which was in reference to their dark complexions

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Name : Carlford Wadley, Gender : M, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Buddhist, Age : 24, City : White Plains, State : NY Country : United States, Occupation : student, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower class, 

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