According to study by Moorjani (2011, https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3080861/), Southern Europeans are on average 3% black and Arabs are 15% black genetically. The average African mixture date was around 55 generations ago, consistent with African gene flow at the end of the Roman Empire. The ruling class of Italy has been called the Black Nobility since the Medieval era because during the Roman Empire, the elites from Africa and Middle East migrated to Italy, and in the Middle Ages, the dark skinned elites established themselves as the ruling nobility. Italy is what happens when black people rule over white people. In the 1920s, an Italian American man tried to marry a black woman, and he brought his case before the court. Alabama court ruled that Italians are not white, so Italians can marry blacks without breaking anti-miscegenation laws.
>>212561713 (OP)>Science proves that Italians are Black!We all knew that.
/int/ has outsmarted science.
>>212561713 (OP)truth be told I'm fairly niggerly
2. "Black Nobility" Claim
- The term "Black Nobility" refers to certain aristocratic families in Italy, particularly those tied to the papacy or medieval power structures. The name does not derive from African ancestry or skin color but is often linked to families who supported the Guelph faction (aligned with the Pope) against the Ghibellines in medieval Italy. Some esoteric or conspiratorial sources misuse the term to imply African origins, but there’s no mainstream historical evidence supporting the idea that these families were predominantly of African descent or that they were "dark-skinned elites" ruling over white populations.
1. Moorjani et al. (2011) Study:
- The study, published in The American Journal of Human Genetics (available at the provided link), investigates genetic ancestry in various populations, including Southern Europeans and Middle Eastern groups. It estimates low levels of Sub-Saharan African admixture in some Southern European populations (e.g., ~1-3% in some cases) and higher levels in certain Middle Eastern populations (e.g., ~10-15% in some Arab populations). These estimates are based on genetic markers and reflect historical gene flow over millennia.
- The study suggests this admixture likely occurred around 55 generations ago (~1,500-2,000 years ago), potentially linked to historical events like trade, migrations, or the Roman Empire’s cosmopolitan nature. However, it does not claim that this gene flow was primarily due to African elites migrating to Italy or that it occurred specifically at the end of the Roman Empire. The timing is consistent with broader historical interactions across the Mediterranean, including trade routes, slavery, and military movements.
3. Alabama Court Case in the 1920s:
- The case you’re likely referring to is *Rollins v. State* (1922) in Alabama, where an Italian-American man, Jim Rollins, was charged with violating anti-miscegenation laws by marrying a Black woman. The Alabama court ruled that Rollins, as an Italian, was not considered "white" under the state’s racial laws, allowing the marriage to stand without violating the statute. This reflects the era’s rigid and often arbitrary racial classifications, which sometimes categorized Southern Europeans (Italians, Greeks, etc.) as distinct from "white" Anglo-Saxon Protestants due to ethnic prejudice and nativism in the U.S.
- However, this ruling was specific to early 20th-century American legal and social contexts, not a universal or scientific statement about Italian ancestry. It does not support the broader claim that Italians are "not white" due to African ancestry or that they were ruled by a "black nobility."
