""Guest"" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected] > That said, you should say no more. Really... Umm, why don't you explain yourself- really... See... I don't take advice from someone as stupid as you. > > > "Jon Erlandson" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected] > > > > "Dario de Judicibus" <[email protected]> wrote in message > > news:[email protected] > > > Italy was for centuries a bridge across the Mediterraneum Sea among > > Europe, > > > Asia, and Africa. In the past there was a strong immigration and passage > > of > > > several etnic groups through Italy. Today Italy is no more a country of > > > immigrants, but we are experiencing immigration from Africa, Asia, and > Est > > > Europe. In the past, Italian regions have been also conquered by several > > > people, as Normans or Spanish, for example. So in Italy you can find as > > many > > > "looks" as you like. More than 30 languages are currently spoken in > Italy, > > > included Ancient Greek, Catalan, and Walser. The assumption that, if you > > are > > > Italian, you should have colored skin, black and curled hair, is similar > > to > > > assume that all Americans are W.A.S.P. > > > > > > By the way, science demonstrated that human races do not exist. People > can > > > be classified by etnic groups, which are characterized by social and > > > cultural factors, not fisiological or genetic ones. Furthermore > > > characteristics that make people look very different, like the colour of > > > skin, are, from a genetic point of view, secondary with respect to other > > > physical diversities. For example, the genoma of a "black" man and a > > "white" > > > man (whatever black and white might mean) are more similar with respect > > the > > > genoma of a tall man and a small one. > > > > > > > > > > That said, I believe it is possible to determine a person's "majority > > population affiliation" (i.e. Indo European, Sub-Saharan African, East > Asian > > or Native American) and admixture (27% Indo-European, 59% East Asian) > > through genetic analysis. > > http://bioforensics.com/conference/Racial%20Identification/ > > > http://www.hhmi.org/cgi-bin/askascientist/highlight.pl?kw=&file=answers%2Fgenetics%2Fans_011.html > > > > Those in the field seem to have a real concern for the potential misuse of > > genetic information. > > > > > > > > > > > > The concept of black itself is related to difficulties of "white" people > > in > > > the past to distinguish among different African tribus. There are many > > > differences among the various African tribus, and differently from > > American > > > "black" people, they are not "brothers" at all. Some tribus are fighting > > > each others since prehistory, and they hate each other. There are > several > > > "forgotten" wars in Africa, and a lot of people, especially children, > > > suffers because of those wars. So the term afro-american is related to a > > > "black brotherhood" that is meaningful only in USA. > > > > > > DdJ > > > > > > > > > > > >