Why the myth of racial purity won't die!

#findingyourroots #nytn #ancestry #findingyourroots #familyhistory #genealogy
When someone commented that I'm "too Black to be Italian," it brought up the persistent myths of racial purity and eugenics. These outdated beliefs overlook the rich, diverse histories that shape our identities, showing how complex and intertwined our ancestries truly are.
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Growing up in New York, it represented a place where I could step back the sepia-toned life of my great grandmother, Lola Perot, who died before I was born.
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[@gkeith64]

Mayhap it's not African at all...mayhap it's Yahudeyan which later became called Iudean, & Indian, Negro, colored, African American...all by words Are you familiar with Dr. Joy Degruy, Dakes bible & the temptation of Eve by Charles Carroll

[@bluetinsel7099]

Italian is an ethnicity and they are mixed with black, so if anything you’re black lineage shows your Italian heritage. It’s more of are you Etruscan or Roman than you not being Italian. I wonder if people realize that Italy is in the Mediterranean which is surrounded by Africa, Europe and West Asia. There are going to be mixed Italians.

[@masterakbarrelyeshuaxxi7452]

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[@inspirationaljohnson632]

​Very interesting. I need to know more about Italians being an ethnicity rather than a race and if all Italians are black because they were Roman's and became mix which created Italians? Wouldn't that goes for everyone who were mix with something else besides what they claiming? @bluetinsel7099

[@bluetinsel7099]

@@inspirationaljohnson632 Not sure what you are trying to say or ask, but Roman’s with their dna have European and Asian and and not all people in Italy were Roman, prior to the Roman’s, the Etruscans were there. Some Etruscans and Roman’s mixed and some Roman’s mixed with Egyptians like that of Cleopatra and her Roman lovers. Things such as Italian or Irish or Spanish etc. are ethnicities not races. Also some people are still full lineages that are not a mix like the people in the Andaman Islands who have never had interactions with the outside world, they are Indians or Hamitic lineage as they are a branch of L3 when they went to South Asia from L3’s daughter line of M with their haplogroup. So again not everyone is mixed.

[@user-xz5in4zx7v]

The problem is, the racists are attempting to redefine what racism is. To the racists, nothing they say is racist.

[@All.Natural.]

💯🎯

[@user-pu3ky1re7e]

Zionists are racists.

[@Rn-pp9et]

I would argue the inverse. Racists have over used the accusation of racism to the point where it's been rendered meaningless.

[@teddyjam8134]

Exactly! They can use the N-word and when you call them out on it the first thing they say is black people use it all the time, and it's in all the rap songs. They love being racist, and then immediately start gaslighting.

[@jessecortez9449]

​@@Rn-pp9etthis, exactly this.

[@annecollins1741]

Don't pay attention to ignorance. It's not worth responding to. The man was just being a racist.

[@abaneyone]

A racist troll.

[@annecollins1741]

@throughthedin The man was being racist. And your comment didn't make any sense. Maybe you're being "delusional."

[@marvin2678]

its called pride and black epeople have it too

[@annecollins1741]

​@@marvin2678You got that right.

[@ThatSuzanneSchmid]

​@@marvin2678that's not an example of pride. Telling people what box they have to stay in is just racist

[@TheMidniteSon]

People don't want you to talk about things like this because they're scared of the truth getting out. They want to continue to believe the lies they've been told their whole life.

[@habibahq4272]

Right! They don’t want to be exposed.

[@TheMidniteSon]

@@habibahq4272 🎯

[@All.Natural.]

💯🎯

[@marvin2678]

what truths hahaha

[@user-ne5ns7sd6x]

Who's scared of being exposed for what? You guys are some Looney tunes that belong in the looney bin

[@agape2001]

The one drop of African blood rule was for the benefit of slave owners. If you had African ancestry, regardless of how light your skin was, enslavement was your station in life. Some of those slavers professed to be Christian and totally ignored the biblical tenets that we are all one and should love like Christ does.

[@scubadiva666]

That's because slavery was very much a thing in the Old Testament.

[@Meta4ce]

Black people kept it after slavery for unity and kinship tracking purposes.

[@this_number]

youtube.com/@mulattovanguard?si=m9opyO6OEIjC2u0E

[@habibahq4272]

Racial purity is plain ridiculous.Glad you highlighted that comment. This is not the past. Conversely, “black” people say things like this and ignore “Colonizer” blood. Super pale and just keep claiming black trying to purge parts of their blood. Identity is the basis for how we build our lives. Genealogy has helped me to understand how I am who I am. One drop does change the water. It’s up to us to accept every drop and move accordingly. Self hate is not beneficial.

[@kathleenking47]

I know President Eisenhower Had a biracial black presenting mother

[@timefortruth7084]

Do you honestly understand why try to ignore the European dna? They know it's there, but how it came in was not out of a loving consensual relationship. The amount of sexual abuse during slavery and after is difficult to comprehend. How can a group of people be so diabolical?so no why give acknowledgment to the rapist. No one ever says that they need to amit all sexual abuse they Inflected on the female slaves. No one ever holds them accountable .When slavery was over 1/ 4 of the slaves were mixed, so that was a lot of sexual abuse. You are not privileged for having European dna. You are still treated like a N*****.

[@lkeke35]

This! Every "Black" person in the US has at least one drop of something else in them thanks to the atrocities of enslavement and colonization, so its foolish to try to parse out what part of someone is or isnt something else.

[@MortonT1958]

Like that fraud from The View, Sunny Hostin. Look up what Dr. Gates found when researching her genealogy.

[@this_number]

youtube.com/@mulattovanguard?si=m9opyO6OEIjC2u0E

[@ryanlewandowsky2077]

“You are making America worse” gosh that’s a disgusting thing to say to a truth teller. Exposing abuse and abusers should be everyone’s responsibility and in my opinion whoever makes those accusations should be held accountable. Btw I think it is particularly ignorant to accuse a historian of digging up the past! Can’t make this up!

[@larynOneka8080]

I think those comments probably come from the racism is a figment of your imagination crowd.

[@lkeke35]

Learning about the past was painful for those of us who survived the atrocity, but we study it anyway. Its probably pretty painful for the descendants of those who caused the atrocities, which is why the more weak minded members of the group will try to hide and and even re-write history so they don't have to deal with it.

[@ryanlewandowsky2077]

@@lkeke35 wow that’s a great point and it makes my heart a bit lighter towards close relatives who denied or ignored me being abused as a child!

[@brachiator1]

I recently ran across a video where a mixed race person living in Japan was told that they could not really be Japanese because their blood was "too thin." This sad and ridiculous idea of racial purity has variations in many countries. It is doubly ridiculous that some people see themselves as racial gatekeepers, especially in America where there is so much acknowledged and unacknowledged multi ethnic relationships.

[@Ronsquaremy]

I have the same gripe with people gatekeeping Latinidad and Indigineity. Why can't we be both 😅

[@kathleenking47]

Only in US..that everyone seems to mix...in England..it was partial You'd be surprised, how many whites, even Angelo presenting whites, have black presenting Great grandmothers

[@sandelemental6502]

Well, if the Japanese won't accept a person who isn't nearly full ethnic Japanese, then what can you do? They make that determination, not us.

[@melelconquistador]

Race and this gate keeping is total bogus with very real consequences. I understand that even adoptees face this gatekeeping and it creates a dangerous stigma on adoption. You can be "full blooded" but still not enough be of an ethnicity because your adopted family was different.

[@this_number]

youtube.com/@mulattovanguard?si=m9opyO6OEIjC2u0E

[@stephenjames2690]

Racial superiority is a nice rationale for subjugating, enslaving, and oppressing the inferior races. The Nuremburg laws are just like Jim Crow laws. Of course, this is also an example of why the accusation of someone being "mixed" was so important. Um, it's kind of ironic that someone's saying because you have African ancestry you're not Italian. That's exactly what some Northern Europeans say about Southern Italians (and Spaniards).

[@nytn]

Yes, that is exactly why we had the 1924 immigration act against Italians

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

There were Africans in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries. A lot of us in the Middle East are a mix of African, Asian, and European, too.

[@cookieDaXapper]

@@nytn ....Here in Louisiana you better not call someone who is Sicilian, Italian because they get angry and correct you:"I ain't Italian!" because of what was done by norther Italians because of "black blood". Bigotry and colorism are like POISON. PEACE and God bless us each and every.

[@stephenjames2690]

@@AdultThirdCultureKid1971 Sure, as you know, there were Africans in Europe long before there was an Italy. But, my main point is that being mixed has nothing to do with one's nationality.

[@shane-o-matic]

If I’m not mistaken, didn’t the Nazis study the US for ways to subjugate those they deemed undesirable in Germany?

[@TheCovertsEnabler]

This is why, after growing up black and recently finding out I'm over half Italian through 23andMe I haven't jumped to embrace the culture; I'm pretty sure I would be pushed away, anyway! It's sad to want to dismiss a huge chunk of what genetically makes me me, because of the possible cultural ramifications.

[@nytn]

I just started learning to make homemade pasta. I wasnt taught by my family. it has made me feel SO connected. I highly suggest trying out some recipes from where your roots are from.

[@TheCovertsEnabler]

@@nytn That's a great idea, thank you! 😊

[@BigTony2Guns]

Was your Father or Mother Italian ?

[@nytn]

I’m going to make a video showing my janky pasta making soon! 😀

[@Laurita-ev8me]

​@@TheCovertsEnablerI am Italian Brazilian living in Italy, and although I look white, my biological father's family (from Brazil) were super-over-mixed. I have learned to embrace all colors, ethnicities and cultures. And between my Italian friends, I choose only the ones who are not racist at all otherwise I don't even talk to them. Like I said in another comment, differences can be a barrier or an added value. It's up on all of us which one to opt for. Greetings and blessings from Italy!

[@tyronebrewer3219]

Danielle, a lot of people are afraid of what they might find in their family history!

[@cjfulbright]

I want people who think they are white/European, need to get a DNA test. It might shut them up permanently 😂!

[@kidjoe-vm2vv]

non , j'ai fait des tests ADN et je sais exactement qui je suis.

[@throughthedin]

​@@kidjoe-vm2vv the genes that you have inherited are a tiny sliver of who you actually are. Imagine all the millions of ancestors you have, they are still a part of you. Those tests are limited.

[@tyronebrewer3219]

@@kidjoe-vm2vv But Africa was the cradle of Civilization, and the DNA tests are for entertainment purposes.

[@kidjoe-vm2vv]

@@throughthedin je sais mais, bon cela nous donne une idée des parties du monde dans lesquelles nos ancêtres sont se sont déplacés.

[@batya7]

Keep on shining that light, Danielle! Your voice is clear, rational, and passionate about revealing history. We need you.

[@nytn]

Glad to have you here with me!

[@smokestack763]

​you have alot of Italian blood and it shows.

[@thorpeaaron1110]

If you look at Italian History you'd see a whole range of peoples from the Greeks, Germans, Moors, and Jews etc have called the peninsula home so how can anyone have "pure Italian blood".

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

Exactly!

[@user-dm1xh6bz3i]

If you have curly hair and a large sex organ your not White

[@lordsneed9418]

Obviously those European and mediterranean groups of people you mentioned are more native to Italy than than for example Koreans or Nigerians. Basically the point is that before the 20th. century there was much much less migration of people , and so if you compared the population genetics of everyone living in Italy in 1900 A.D. to everyone living in Italy in 1500 A.D. , there would be almost no difference, infact it would be almost undetectable. If you did instead a comparison of everyone living in Italy in 1900 A.D. to everyone living in Italy in 2024 A.D., there would be a far, far larger difference, mainly due to immigration after the second world war, in fact in the 1980s. And furthermore, this would still be true if we took 0 A.D. as the first date instead of 1500 A.D. Genetically speaking, 2024 Italy is much more different from 1900 Italy than 1900 Italy is from 0 A.D. Italy. So when someone says "you don't have Italian blood" they're basically saying that your ancestors have not lived in Italy since before 1940 or 1980.

[@elleanna5869]

@@lordsneed9418 I think that in the US when someone says you don't have Italian blood , they are just trying to "protect" the hard earned "White pass" to social inclusion. That was a WASP club. In the US the race subject goes beyond genetics and this is what makes harder to dismiss the myth of racial purity. Also, if you look old pictures,portraits and movies there are plenty of people looking like Danielle , and unlikely they were a recent "bi-racial" mix. Italians have always come in all nuances (except some, such as sub saharan or chinese) for centuries/millennia.

[@user-dm1xh6bz3i]

That explains the blonde blue eyed Italians

[@lyndaclough3462]

We are an amalgamation of all of our ancestors. Those who don't know their history are becoming a smaller group. We are the future through the past.

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

This! Yes, we are an amalgamation of all of our ancestors. Embrace it!

[@guialogistica-canaloficial779]

Beautifully stated!

[@rcjrcj4442]

You got that right 👹

[@danawest1017]

Thank God

[@kiciacoldspring1621]

An Italian threatened my life when I mentioned Hannibal and the Moors. Yeah, they’re real sensitive about their “dark” ancestry 💯

[@nytn]

Yikes, maybe you ran into Joe P

[@stevendarbouze465]

Hannibal probably wasnt black and if he was it was probably an insignificant amount. And moors who knows they were probably Arabic and middle eastern as well as black. They did a scientific study and if it’s right it shows iitalians and Sicilians don’t have as much black blood as people think Spain supposedly has the most African genetics in europe

[@infamouseli92]

Wow

[@kiciacoldspring1621]

@@stevendarbouze465 Hannibal was super Black. It’s this very anxiety around “Black blood” that makes whites folks lighten him.

[@cowpokejohnny3419]

Wrong ​@@stevendarbouze465

[@christopherwellman2364]

As an avid chess player, I assure you that race is not directly related to intelligence.

[@lordsneed9418]

It is on average though.

[@prioritytarget7157]

Then how is it that Irish and British men basically invented everything?

[@christopherwellman2364]

@@prioritytarget7157 Italians are the most prolific scientists and inventors, according to my lifetime observations.

[@prioritytarget7157]

​@@christopherwellman2364 Well, Henry Ford made cars affordable, and Preston Watson invented the airplane before the Wright brothers put men in one. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and then put ailerons on planes. John Gorrie basically invented the fridge. Baseball is based on an Irish game called Rounders, and basketball comes James Naismith, and American football is from Water Camp. British men basically built the New World, paving way for whatever it produced thereafter. So take all of those things away (at least) and thanks to the Italians for whatever it was they did.

[@elleanna5869]

@@christopherwellman2364 pseudoscientists of race were mainly British (beginning with Darwin 's cousins)and French, then (North)Italians followed but the doctrine never had the same good luck it had beyond the Alps.It was effective in producing discrimination only against South Italians.In the US where everything is bigger , soon the British vein exploded and even the Austrian painter shaped his racial delirium after Americans. Madison Grant was his Hero.

[@antionettehairston]

One day, do an exposé of Margaret Sanger. She left behind a legacy of hate. She was not the first. She will not be the last.

[@nytn]

I talked about her in the eugenics video! insanity

[@Sweet-fn6po]

Did you know that Margret’s partner was Bill Gates father? That explains a lot

[@nytn]

For real?

[@Sweet-fn6po]

@@nytn That’s what I just read. And others verified it. Would really have to research to see if true

[@nytn]

thats the most horrifying thing. but makes sense...BG thinks there are too many people :D

[@Blacktsalagi73]

I'm a light skinned black man (confused for being "Latino" most of my life). I used to live in Paris were Africans ("real one's) would never accept me as "Black". I got more love from Algerians and Moroccans than Afro-Caribbeans even. I've been to Italy a few times over the years.... North and South. American "Italians" would be horrified at what I heard (and saw). "Pure" proud Italians, who were darker than me,(sometimes with curlier hair), that recognised they must have had African ancestry in their family at some point. Yes, they knew it. I'm generalising but the one's I had the pleasure of interacting with weren't at all embarrassed about the diversity of their heritage. It didn't make them "less" Italian. Don't get me started on Spain, which is where I live now. This is something that U.S. "Europeans" have a real issue with. The people in the actual European Countries are so far knowledgable that they make N. Americans really look silly and backwards. Keep up the good work!!

[@kaizatengoku3893]

What do you mean by reals ones there's no fake ones.

[@kaizatengoku3893]

No

[@devonb882]

@@kaizatengoku3893by real ones, the person is talking about unmixed black Africans. A lot of them don’t accept us as being the same as them.

[@rosedemai1230]

EXACTLY, some Sicilians are way darker than me - a mixed person. I think I need to move there, it calls me. ❤ 🥰

[@andrewdiprose]

@@rosedemai1230 Sicilians are more accepting and generally less racist than people in Lazio region (close to Rome9

[@FreddieVee]

According to eugenics protagonists, If you put one drop of chocolate syrup into a 50 gallon drum of milk, it is then chocolate milk.

[@amalgamated-]

Coincidentally that’s pretty much how my white grandmother makes chocolate milk 🤣🤣😩

[@deniaridley]

@@amalgamated- 😂😂😂

[@stickshiftdriver1832]

My anthropology teacher who was white told the class in 1986 that there is no such thing a race because there is no pure race

[@AntonioCunningham-jr2oj]

Well if there is no pure race then why and who came up with black white and others

[@elleanna5869]

@@AntonioCunningham-jr2oj racists needing an excuse for domination, genocide and discrimination. It works also within the same skin tone. In Europe and Africa it happened among "whites" and "blacks". Racism it's basically a byproduct of tribalism.

[@marvin2678]

doesnt make sense

[@doriclogosmg]

​@AntonioCunningham-jr2oj its a social construct.

[@sonyabell4573]

​@@AntonioCunningham-jr2oj A racist German anthropologist fro the 16th century.

[@Babooshka-cp7nm]

The funniest thing no matter how much Italian someone has, it can be a person who is Scottish and has a tiny bit of Italian in they they will say they are Italian, same is true for someone with a ton of Nigerian with a bit of Italian. Everyone loves Italians, and no matter what people look like people like to say they are Italian.

[@princesskatarina351]

The ones keeping this country from being great, are the same ones who look to the past and think it was better than the present. We need to learn from the mistakes of the past. And the only way to do that, is to continue talking about it today. Because JoeP has clearly shown us that ignorance is not in our past, it's in our present, and will continue into our future. So thank you, Danielle. Keep shining light on those dark, sometimes forgotten, spaces.

[@1showmetime]

JoeP might be related to me since I come from a very white family line of Quakers, with hidden undertones of Great African slaves of their own makings, (Mulatto's). I looked up Charles Davenport to learn about him and sure as I've told Danielle, he is: Charles Benedict Davenport-My 9th cousin twice removed(family search) The Irony of all History, of the ones trying to keep pure, the only thing pure is 100% wrong thinking that. It took a long line of racist and others to get to me, but I'm here, and the family line is forever mixed. He should see my DNA results, Irish, Italian, & Afro, Euro.& more🤣..all just 4me.

[@1showmetime]

Clafiry: I told her I feel like I'm related to every breathing person on Earth.

[@conniewagner4234]

Whoever said that to you is ignorant. The human race began on the African continent. People are people, and I wish more people would realize that. I’m glad you’re proud of all that you are, Danielle. Love your videos! 😊

[@nytn]

And I love having you here!

[@AntonioCunningham-jr2oj]

Actually there was no Africa it was called leosipio africanus so Africa is not the original name but the landmass was there so don't get those confused

[@davidgoodall7]

​@@AntonioCunningham-jr2ojWhat does the name have to do with the price of tea in China?

[@RevSinkiller]

​@@AntonioCunningham-jr2oj The Kemetic or Alkebulan history of Africa suggests that the ancient name of the continent was Alkebulan. The word Alkebu-Ian is the oldest and the only word of indigenous origin. Alkebulan meaning the garden of Eden or the mother of mankind. The word Africa came into existence in the late 17th century. With all due respect Africa's real name is Alkebulan. The European and his descendants came up with the name Africa.

[@user-ox1pl3po9k]

southern Italy was a melting pot for 2000 years. Everyone from Africans to Vikings went there. In the Middle Ages the French and Germans occupied parts of Italy. The Romans had hordes of slaves and mercenaries, from places as diverse as North Africa to France.

[@andrewdiprose]

yes

[@agsalo9908]

The melting pot is in America, not in Italy

[@giorgiorusso6639]

Your content is Great! You are Italian in my eyes. You have have so much diversity in your genes it’s incredible! I’m a Sicilian American from Louisiana. Keep it up

[@nytn]

I love that! I appreciate you being here

[@marvin2678]

youre americans so your opinion doesnt really matter

[@francisdrake7060]

She looks definitely sicilian in my eyes and I was born and bred in Italy.

[@melinda6921]

I am sorry to inform you that for an Italian in Italy, no one among you is Italian and you only make us Italians laugh when you claim to be Italian. For us, not even Ariana Grande is Italian even though she has all four Italian grandparents, let alone people like you!

[@lampkinmedia]

What you are doing on this channel is needed right now. So many people have these misconceptions around race. As far as you being Italian and not looking like you are is a matter of perseption Honestly you look racially ambiguous meaning you and I are exactly the same skin color and our hair texture is the same. I'm bi racial black and irish mix. You are brave to have these discussions. It's been deeply ingraied in people that having any black blood somehow makes you less than. If people think they are so pure they need to do an ancestry dna test. I believe there are more of us who are mixed than people care to accept in their family tree. You are not making things worse by talking about this. We all need to be open about this topic and learn and grow. You look like you could be from many different races. Look at our VP Kamela Harris is is also mixed race and is our coloring but she is black and indian mix with some white thrown in . She is an example of what I mean She looks racially ambiguous. If we didn't know she was a mix you wouldn't know what her ethnic make up is. I've been to Italy. Italians from Naples and Sicily have darker skin tones. Italians are very attractive to me. My ex is Italian. I love the culture and the food. Heck Italians in NYC are responsible for many of the great Architect designs. You all are great artisians are very passionate culture. I just wish we didnt have the bad blood of racism between us at times. Blacks and Italians have had issue I had to be carefull when visiting certain parts of Brooklyn back in the day because of this bad blood between us. I just wish all of us could celebrate each different cultures. I certainly do and appreciate each and every person no matter what race they are. Our young people like you are gonna be the change that's very much needed to save us from ourselves. That's why I support this channel in every way,,, Love & Light.

[@nytn]

You are appreciated so much. I know it’s the right thing to do, but sometimes I question myself. This helped 😊♥️

[@latishajones1829]

People dealing with racial injustice the same way they deal with abuse in their own families, they think that silence and a negative peace which rewards taking your pain quietly is the answer. Because they don’t want to change their self concept.

[@rtheben]

Look I’m Italian from the Alps, and my ancestors are from there since anyone can remember, BUT I don’t give a sht what blood you might have. If you have Italian culture of any sorts ( language, heritage, living it the Italian way or living as an American but with some link or love for Italian whatever) you’re in with me, you are Italian as I can be. I’m not the one to concede approval, we’re just on the same or linked cultural boats. In my son’s school class there in a boy with parents from Marocco. This kid is one of the most Italian guy I ever seen in so many ways. Spread the love guys❤❤

[@wendellbatts2477]

Stay on the case Danielle. You are in the lead and ahead of the curve as an educator on this issue Not only is the work you do on this channel important, but it is desperately needed in exactly the personal affirming way you deliver it.

[@nytn]

Can I tell you, I took a screen shot of your comment! Sometimes I wonder what the heck I got myself into. What you wrote is exactly what I need to remember. Thank you ♥️

[@wendellbatts2477]

@@nytn Doing a great job. Keep blazing that trail. And onward to 100k subs!.

[@nytn]

I can’t believe it!

[@susannakriz746]

Until very recently there were people who (publicly) assumed that the composer Ludwig van Beethoven had African ancestry. The Spanish newspaper El Pais (English) ran a story about Beethoven's Spanish grandmother and how he was picked on in Vienna for being short, dark, and emotional. Then his DNA was analyzed, officially for the purpose of finding out if his deafness had been hereditary. They also analysed his ethnicity and came to the conclusion that it was "typical for the region where he was born", i. e. the Rhineland, West Germany, where it borders to the part of the Netherlands which was a part of the Spanish empire until 1714 (Beethoven was born in 1770). However, they didn't say that this region is known for being composed of the descendants of South Europeans. The ancient Romans had their nothernmost capital there, and Beethoven was not the only direct descendant of refugees from Spain in the region. My maternal grandmother's family is from this region as well. My maternal grandfather's family is from other parts of Germany and Poland. My biological father is Mizrahi Jewish ("European Sephardic" I was told as a child but it is probably not true). Many of my maternal relatives could easily pass for South European or Middle Eastern. I have an aunt who used to look like the spitting image of Farah Diba when she was young. My mother, however, took after her father, who was tall and blond, and I inherited a lot of her colour. Growing up with this family, I didn't understand for many decades that I am visibly not European enough to be accepted as Jewish or even as a person of Jewish descent. My claim to Sephardic ancestry was ridiculed for this reason, although Sephardic Jews were part of the Islamic world; when Spain expelled the Jews after the Reconquista, it was the Ottoman Empire who took them in, and most of them didn't flee to the European parts of the Ottoman Empire but to Turkiye and North Africa. I grew up in post-Nazi Germany with death threats and because I was of Jewish descent. Both Jews and white Germans were, and are, of the opinion that I should suck it up. Death threats against me don't matter. It took me decades to understand that this is because I am of Middle Eastern descent, and therefore my life is considered more or less worthless. Ever since Beethoven's DNA analysis was published, the voices that claimed that he may have been of African descent have been silent. I think they don't know the history of the region where he was born and think they were just plain wrong. Which is a shame. Everyone loses when these stories are forgotten! Thank you for your work! It is very valuable for Europeans as well. Europe has a long history of shameful silence around racism, and Americans like you help us understand it.

[@Rn-pp9et]

"The ancient Romans had their nothern most capital there, and Beethoven was not the only direct descendant of refugees from Spain in the region." Ancient Romans are depicted as blondes. I think south European genetic mixture happened around the the time of Islamic conquests of Europe.

[@nesne2167]

It is so funny for us WASPs to hear Italians talking about racial purity. I remember when I was young my grandparents would have never considered Italians to be actual White people. Italians were kind of White, but not really. They were considered about the same as a Lebanese or a Turk.

[@Mnm1386]

Yes we know you are extremely racist

[@elleanna5869]

Well, they learned exactly by wasp to claim purity. In the US whiteness is just a club , who can "pass" , tries. Sorry to remember, but "waspness" was the root of evil for racism . Wasp pseudo scientists of race had stricter standard than the Austrian painter.

[@nytn]

Honestly let’s just be real. Thats how it was until just a few decades ago.

[@rossieharris1481]

The fact that anyone has to think of the world in terms of “actual white people” and others, is the problem. As long as that mindset exists, children will be raised in a world where they will discriminate in order to achieve alignment with what they perceive as the designated choice.

[@MasterCommanderBastid]

@@nytnI’d venture to say, it’s still that way

[@dobieh7479]

You should research how they used eugenics in Australia.

[@nytn]

I’ve had a note going on Australian stuff. If what I found is real, it is crazy

[@daoistdansah54]

...tainted by "black blood" but folx steady getting BBLs and lip plumpers and hitting that tanning salon majorly. Keep up the Good Work, friend🖤💯

[@nytn]

SERIOUSLY. This bbl thing is horrific on so many levels.

[@rosedemai1230]

That is a cognitive dissonance I will never understand.

[@culturalobserver8721]

I agree with the comment that 100+ years ago, Northern Europeans didn’t think Southern Europeans were really “European” like they were! Much of that hatefulness has disappeared, but it still lingers in a few miserable souls. All racism (EVEN SUBTLE RACISM) is a badge of our insecurity and arrogance, which is evil and it’s SIN.

[@basicstickfigure1087]

Southern Spain, Southern Italy & Southern France , parts of Greece all have been invaded by Arabs at some point. Turkey got completely taken over. So the northern European did have somewhat of a point .

[@erikamantell7301]

​​@@basicstickfigure1087all Europeans have Middle Eastern roots. Modern European have very little of the original European hunter gatherers, they were replaced by pastoralists from the Asian steppes(Caucasus, Iran) and Anatolian/Levantine farmers. And besides that, southern Europeans(Greeks, Roman's, Etruscans) are attributed with the cultural civilization of Europe. So I find it laughable that northern Europeans would try to *other southern Europeans.

[@antnam4406]

It's not 100yrs ago, it still goes on today in Italy

[@brenkelly8163]

Which is ironic and true, because back during the times of Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, there was no "Europe." The Anglo-Saxons and those northern tribes were considered illiterate pink barbarians by the Greeks and Romans. The Anglo-Saxons couldn't read and weren't Christian or white when they invaded the British aisle in 450 AD when the starting slaughtering the literate Celtic Christians. The Anglos carved out an area almost the size of England by the 850s AD, and it wasn't until 878 Alfred the Great accepted Christianity and converted his little English empire. He did it not because his dad was Christain and came to see the light of Jesus, but because it was a way to stabilize the Island of Britain politically under a neutral religion which brought in a neutral moral rule structure the "Danish-Saxons" on the East and the Celtic-Welsh to the West and his own Anglo subject would accept. They went to church in Latin because nobody knew it and couldn't read, and then the priests trained in Roman translated to the language thus spreading "the word" neutrally where all could accept the word of God came from "above" and not from "within." Only after conversion did Europe start to be born. It had no direct connection or ancestry in tradition to ancient Greece or Roman.

[@Rn-pp9et]

@@brenkelly8163 Well you’re wrong about almost everything. Let’s unpack. “…during the times of Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, there was no "Europe."” The word Europe was adopted from ‘Evros’ which was the name of the northern most province of ancient Greece. Ancient Greeks and Romans are mostly depicted as Caucasian blondes in art from writings from that era. “The Anglo-Saxons and those northern tribes were considered illiterate pink barbarians by the Greeks and Romans.” Both the Greek and Romans pre-date Anglian and Saxon tribes, but your correct in that the Romans considered the German tribes to be uncivilised at the time of their Northern expansion. The Greeks never expanded that far north. “The Anglo-Saxons couldn't read and weren't Christian or white when they invaded the British aisle in 450 AD when the starting slaughtering the literate Celtic Christians.” This doesn’t make sense, how could Germanic tribes in 5th century not be white? Christianity wasn’t wide spread in northern Europe until 9th century and 5th century Celts were Druids? Wide spread literacy in Europe didn’t happen until 18th century after the invention of the printing press. The rest of your comment is just as uninformed.

[@fatalgod1231]

We have to get truth in this comment section. 1) Anglos, Scandinavians for example have always been considered white in any era "white" was used. 2) Italians like the Spanish historically are not white. That person who made that comment doesn't knock anything about European history. Southern European countries have for centuries been excluded from whiteness. 3) Those jet black moors were in spain and went italy. South Italians have beef with Northern Italians because Southern Italians are darker. But all of Italians are darker in comparison to Northern Europeans. Italians just became white not too long ago. So that commenter has no knowledge about their own heritage

[@elleanna5869]

Sorry, there's a lot of wrong info and confusion here. I see why race supremacy is so big in the US: very poor education in schools, colleges and Universities about world history

[@devonb882]

When England ruled my country Guyana, they considered the Portuguese people to be non white and just called them Portuguese. So our country considers Portuguese to be separate from white people.

[@francisdrake7060]

Your statement is full of wrong data and myths, absolutely wrong on so many levels. Don't get why people try to teach others when they obviously lack knowledge on the topic.

[@fatalgod1231]

@@francisdrake7060 Unfortunately for you, I can tell you're not really familiar with the term "Scandinavian" or familiar with Northern Europe's views historically on southern and Easter Europe. So since you're not familiar with history go read a book called 400 year history of class in Americam Poor white trash by Nancy Isenburg. Great starting point for newbies. Southern Italians being darker, Northern Europeans being prejudiced to east and south Europe is well documented. You're just not capable of engaging in this conversation

[@babyboy562]

@@elleanna5869stfu you don’t even know your own history ignorant mutt!!! There’s no excuse for ignorance if your own a cell phone READ MOOR!!!!!

[@Danny-fs1hk]

Another hit video from you, Danielle. And I am happy that you put that person on blast and showed his crazy comment. There is so much to unpack but you do a great job doing just that. And I see the live stream of you and your husband; it was great too.

[@nytn]

I love getting comments like Joes, because we can unpack a lot.

[@trevormcdonald385]

Don’t people find it odd that “white” is defined as broad and diverse as possible while “black” is expected to be defined so narrowly?

[@joshuabeldo2656]

Yes quite odd, because it’s deliberate💯%they play dumb…

[@user-nc2bf9vx5y]

Danielle,you are Italian-American and have many proud heritages flowing through your veins. Do not listen to the haters on this site. Also you are family.

[@jennifertonge-martin3110]

In the 70's I had a patient who refused a blood transfusion in the hospital because we could not assure him it wasn't from an African American (he wouldn't accept "black blood"). It totally blew me away!

[@BigTony2Guns]

Should have told him,,,It would have let him Dance Better ! LOL (SATIRE) !

[@nytn]

Hahah. Oh I would be a terrible nurse. I’d get fired for trolling 🙄

[@lyndaclough3462]

I cannot abide by that. My first cousin died because he refused blood transfusions for a heart operation because of religion. Makes me so sad.

[@bobbijones4377]

That guy made a stupid comment for rage bait. I find it interesting that the most people trying to staunch the conversation or deny the past etc are white men. Also white men are the main ones who colonized and banged every single ethnicity they subjugated then got mad about the existence of their own creation.. mixed peoples. Idiots I tell ya.

[@jennifertonge-martin3110]

@@DrClareX Thank you for your rational response. Race is a destructive lie

[@teddyjam8134]

Italians and the Irish weren't always considered white, and I bet you the person who left that comment doesn't even know that.

[@msrenee7023]

That's interesting you say this because the features of both groups you just named had to be more closely related to Europeans because they were definitely NOT AFRICAN. For the most part you can look at physical features and figure that out.

[@eastorwest4546]

@@msrenee7023 You're right, Italians and Irish look nothing like Africans. I think there are a lot of bots commenting on this video because most of the comments don't make sense. Most white people have wavy and curly hair period. They perm their hair too to loosen their body wave or curl pattern. People in Wales, England have wavy and curly hair. That is still the U.K. On the music video of Dexys Midnight Runners called 'Come on Eileen.' Those people don't look black. Their hair is big hair, wavy hair curly hair. It is the Swedish that have straight hair. Most white people have some kind of wave pattern, but they don't look African.

[@msrenee7023]

@@eastorwest4546 My point exactly! 👍🏾 👍🏾

[@Rickydiculus]

The word "jigaboo" was used to describe Irish in america long before it became a black racial slur. Your feelings on the topic don't mesh with the facts of reality. Irish and Italians were not considered white because they are not of Anglo-Saxon heritage, and early America had a deep mistrust of Catholics. Try reading a book sometime.

[@msrenee7023]

@@Rickydiculus I don’t think so! Irish people were always very PALE

[@Jut37]

Is racial purity one of the reasons people married their cousins (consanguinity)?

[@clementmckenzie7041]

yes

[@nytn]

Whooooooooo🤯

[@elleanna5869]

It was blood purity (lineage)rather than "race". Succession. Or being isolated both geographically and socially. Jews married a lot of relatives when they was in ghetto-communities or just to keep their culture alive. "Race" is a misleading concept producing the heck of misunderstandings and confusions

[@rcjrcj4442]

That’s some trailer park backwoods action right there 😂

[@urzmontst.george6314]

@@elleanna5869 and Tay-Sachs disease.

[@bruceblocker1545]

What you are doing as an educator, is what MUST be done. It just needs to be done in a much larger scale. You are right where you should be and doing exactly what you should be doing. Please continue. 🙂

[@nytn]

This made my day!

[@paolocristiani6985]

As an Italian (born and living in Italy), this all-American diatribe on the racial identity of Italians is ridiculous and clearly based on a deficient knowledge of history. I see people citing Hannibal and his brief military campaign, when it is known that Carthage was a Phoenician colony and the Phoenicians were a Middle Eastern population. The other argument is the Arab influence, which exclusively characterised 2 regions of Italy for a period of 2 centuries or so, and had minimal influence on the local populations. The fact is that Italians have certain physical characteristics, which the ignorant often attributes to an undetermined "African influence", since prehistoric times. The Sardinians, for example, are, according to DNA tests, one of the oldest and genetically unaltered populations in Europe and are, on average, short, dark haired and dark eyed. Even Julius Caesar in his 'De Bello Gallico' describes the physical differences between the tall blond Celts (Gauls) and his Roman and Italic legionaries. In other words: the peoples of Southern Europe have ALWAYS been distinct from those of the North and Africa has nothing to do with it. This confusion was created in America: nobody in Europe doubts that Italy and its people are an integral part of Europe... also because without Italy's huge historical and cultural contribution Europe wouldn't t even exist.

[@jimbimedia]

Thou protesteth too much. You are pure.

[@manderson3231]

With this video, you have earned my subscription, and I hit the like button!!! I'm also Italian American. Keep up the good work!! Conversation is so important! If only everyone would listen.....

[@nytn]

That’s so kind of you. I make mistakes on here, for sure, and in public. But I’m trying to navigate this American identity and it’s messy. I have a video coming out next on Frank Sinatra and how he gave Italian Americans a leg up!

[@TheEggmaniac]

As non American, I find it weird how Americans in general, seem to be obsessed with race, and what race they belong to. Concepts of race and racism seem to be constantly discussed and take up a lot of time of Americans, compared to other countries. I guess its down to their history.

[@kennethwilson1117]

It doesn’t help that we In America have to deal with the ignorance of racism everyday 😒

[@pragmaticcat7619]

​@@kennethwilson1117Lol...not even remotely true.

[@pragmaticcat7619]

I wonder the same thing why are people of any color so obsessed with race. It's what's inside that counts.

[@tzefirayah_700travelmore.]

The truth hurts...it's easier to sugar coat it! Love your content. Keep it coming.

[@thecliffdweller1212]

The commenter didn't say African, he said "black blood" This is almost medieval. This comment was intended to be hurtful. If someone were to tell me my blood was black, I would recognize it as an insult and a provocation. Racism is never passive, regardless of the banality in which it is exhibited. It is always displayed in defiance to decency and propriety. It is always offered up as an insult. And so likewise, racism should always be confronted as an affront to decency and good order wherever and whenever it raises its ugly head.

[@kidjoe-vm2vv]

la plupart des gens ne sont pas racistes.

[@thecliffdweller1212]

@@kidjoe-vm2vv I wasn't addressing most people. The subject was this commenter. Don't attempt to negate me by injecting a broad generalization where none has been made and don't put words in my mouth.

[@elleanna5869]

Saying "black" instead than African he was unwillingly honest. He probably would have no problems with white Africans or paler North Africans who looked always like white mediterraneans .The problem is with us properly black people. Probably he would be ok with Northern Indians being rather pale, not with the darker ones - who don't have African ancestry. Like the Arabs slave traders, they were softer to Nubians and even more to North and East Africans, pityless to Congo area and the west. It's telling to be so specific, or maybe he is just another American misunderstanding a geographical platform with "one race".

[@thecliffdweller1212]

@@elleanna5869 Thanks for more prespectives to consider. I think there is a lot to the culture of the historical period that will be lost on us. You gave me more to think about

[@JustFluffyQuiltingYarnCrafts]

Thank you for keeping the conversation going. There are many people alive right now that have never heard of the dark past of this country and the world. It’s interesting to see some of the comments that are made and I have to wonder if they know the reason(s) why they say things. 🤔

[@nytn]

Hey there! ♥️😊

[@kadmos369]

The Natufians are credited with being the first Humans to practice early farming and live in sedentary communities...they were the last Ancient Human Migration out of Africa and settled in the Levant, modern day Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, All the men belonged to Haplogroup E which was most directly related to Egypt and Ethiopia...the Natufians would go on to become the Phoenicians Haplogroup E is a common Italian Haplogroup among Italians and Greeks, Napoleon Bonaparte was Haplogroup E, Giuseppe Garibaldi the Man responsible for creating an Italian Identity was of Haplogroup E...

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

Interesting thing about the Natufians: I watched a video last year about Jordanian DNA and the narrator who researched this topic mentioned them.

[@luciapat5146]

you’re like my favorite high school history teacher

[@amb7412]

This discussion is very sad one! People need to stop acting so ignorant to another. For 20 + yrs, I have been a highly requested blood donor; I am 0+ and I answered the request to donate. I've been requested to give my platelets and I did this as well. There are many people alive thanks to my Black blood flowing in their vines. I'm grateful for doing my part to save a life. I've been sent special notices from the Red Cross for doing my part. Unfortunately, As a recent cancer survivor I haven't been cleared to donate yet, but once I am I will. I am saddened to hear these beliefs, and I wonder how did mankind become so ignorant. We have access to amazing educational and travel opportunities to expand our world understanding. Please use it. get to know someone that does not look like you. It is eye opening how many people that I call mom, dad, sister and brother because of heart connections; because we chose to cross over to get to know one another. There's only one race. it's the Human race. Danielle, I'm sending you a coffee today because you definitely need one! Bless God.

[@nytn]

Thank you for all you’ve done to make other peoples lives better. And a cancer survivor! You are amazing. So thankful to have you with me on this journey. It has made a huge difference to me. Thank you.

[@amb7412]

@@nytn Thank you as well for sharing all that you do.😘

[@S5King7]

I think you do a great job of posting unique content about race and genetics. I've learned quite a bit.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

According to the Red Cross and the New York Times "Blood can be racially or ethnically specific, so having more blood donors in certain groups can be crucial for saving the lives of patients who share their backgrounds". When these statements are made it starts theories and raises questions.

[@cjfulbright]

We are ALL African, every human alive today has an ancient African ancestor ! Deal with that, we're ALL cousins 😂😅

[@Mnm1386]

No, we are not. Theory is exactly what it sounds as, theory

[@elleanna5869]

@@Mnm1386 very likely we are even more related than we used to think. Neanderthals dna has been found even in Africans , more than expected. We all have been mixing forever, and we will keep on doing it. Btw "race" doesn't exist. A cat is a cat no matter his fur, and all have kitties together.

[@MichaelDaApe]

Dumbest comment ive ever seen

[@elleanna5869]

@@MichaelDaApe for sure we are all humans and this is what top rank genetists around the globe found out. Darwinists thinking.that the blacker/the closest to apes were wrong.

[@cjfulbright]

Lying to yourself is delusional! I got my DNA test, and I have at least 2 European ancestors and 2, 3rd great grandfather's. I've known that my whole life.

[@humanebeing6230]

Excellent work; you really care about this, and it shows.💜

[@jeffreymassey5541]

It is crazy on how some people in this world are still thinking. Keep on doing what you're doing. 👍🏾🙏🏾💯✅

[@davidbudka1298]

I grew up in the 1960s and I don’t understand the idea of racial purity from any perspective! My parents, the church, the public schools all taught me that people were people! The issue really throws me a curve! I can’t change the past, but I can treat people with love, respect, and grace. Even people who don’t share my moral and religious beliefs!

[@dobieh7479]

That's why America is going through what it is going through right now!

[@thewordsmith5440]

America is not the only country that has racism or view race.

[@dobieh7479]

@@thewordsmith5440 I know that.

[@dobieh7479]

@@thewordsmith5440 It's because of Europeans that there is racism. They created the term "race".

[@dobieh7479]

@@thewordsmith5440 Racism is anywhere Europeans have been!

[@peachygal4153]

@@dobieh7479 the issue is you are not American because we say USA when referring to our country or "the states" if we are overseas. True or not, no one likes hearing someone from another country dissing their country even if what is said is the truth. If you had been more tactful there would have been no issue. As far as racism, many countries are more veiled with their racism, but it is still there. It is still a poison in their culture.

[@AlexThunderwolve]

Good morning from NY This is an interesting topic

[@rosedemai1230]

This mentality is coming back, with the current right wing climate, both in us and eu.

[@elleanna5869]

Not really, in Europe is more about culture and economy, also white migrants looking the blondest and coolest are not welcomed if they are poor. Also, there is a cultural clash with Islam and as a Nigerian with burning experience in my country I say they aren't that wrong. Xenophobia is more accurate. We have the same in Africa. The skin tone thing is way weaker than in the US. A (white) Muslim migrant stabbed to death a politician in Germany who was more against Islam than anything. And in England right wing pm is Sunak. Loving Meloni. And the next pm could be a British Nigerian lady, always right wing. So in Europe things are ...more nuanced (no pun intended)

[@rosedemai1230]

​​​@@elleanna5869there are levels to this. There are cultural clashes, and there is a fear of the 'great replacement', which is very much giving race science and neo eugenics. In Poland, there's an outrage about a soldier killed by a muslim migrant few days ago, at a BR border. Its complicated.

[@MrK67017]

By his logic you couldn't identify as African-American either. I wonder if Joe P. has ever had an ancestry test.

[@Percept2024]

I doubt that he has.

[@nytn]

They never do

[@dobieh7479]

That's the one drop rule because you said you have African in you even though they can't see it. If you hadn't said it, this wouldn't be an issue.

[@thedarkerarchery3553]

No, more like if the retardedly delusional "one drop rule" didn't exist, this wouldn't be an issue period but what else can you expect of low IQ America... another fake institution made up by the colonists.

[@OldFunkyBastard]

Great point, it's like, "girl I passed, with you tell it for?" .... "yall chilren cant hold water,

[@peachygal4153]

Lol to simply look at Danielle I would assume she was Italian, Greek or perhaps Turkish descent.

[@kimmy8218]

A black person would say she is a lightskinned black person. She looks like someone ir people in every African American family. She does not look white

[@dobieh7479]

@@peachygal4153 That's right.

[@jeremiahr6074]

I like how you talk about the Bible at the end and shining a light. I enjoyed this video as well.

[@OzinRoseCity]

Thank you for laying it out like this.

[@RyanGoodson]

We have to talk about race because the problem hasn't been solved. No one in all the history of man has found a solution to the race problem.

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

Some people in Northern Europe 🌍 think all Mediterraneans are olive and non white anyway!

[@matreyles]

Love your channel and your topics!! Keep them coming. Thank you

[@davidmolina7543]

People are afraid of truth. They want to be left to their ignorance. Go figure…

[@SkeeterDraws]

Kudos, Danielle. I'm half Sicilian and half Polish. Both were at one time deemed not "white enough." Keep doing what you're doing.

[@michaelrochester48]

That’s silly for that Joe guy to say….There was an actor on the TV show Modern Family that looks as white as can be but the Henry Lewis Gates series finding your roots showed that he had a slave ancestor back in the 1700s. It’s obviously not apparent but it’s a genealogical fact. But he doesn’t have to claim that he’s black because of that.

[@t.nelson9345]

Black, Italian, Arabs, Spanish and Indians, including native. Make beautiful babies.

[@jimterry8017]

When do the ladies that ever taught me how to make spaghetti period was from Somalia. She said Italy used to own Somalia

[@elleanna5869]

@@etruscancivilization this is speculation (and one that hasn't solid evidence so far), while Italian colonies in some African areas were real. As an African, no scandal, owning is a quick translation of "conquer, possess" .Tribes used to own other tribes and tribes lands.

[@kaizatengoku3893]

​@@etruscancivilizationnorth africans not black

[@francisdrake7060]

​@@etruscancivilization I am literally from Etruria ( Tuscia nowadays) why don't you come here to see with your own eyes the ruins and arts from Etruscan times? Bro you have just wrote a nice collection of bs. Not that I care It would be ok if they/we were Blacks but the reality is way different. If you come by I will escort you around Tuscia and the ruins.

[@michaellamberty7136]

News flash! All humans are of African descent. That’s where our species evolved and migrated to the rest of the world.

[@michaelamaestas4950]

Italy is right next to Africa , they have been mixing for 1000s and 1000s of years .

[@miguelz8721]

North Africans aren't Black

[@georgettefusco5969]

I appreciate your discussions and topics. They shed light on the way my grandparents & their families (from Sicily & Naples) and my parents (born in the USA ) (!) were treated.

[@crystalaustin2845]

Some states had these laws enforced until the mid 1970's!

[@nytn]

I think Louisiana was 1982 even

[@DeepVerma728]

Anglo Saxons do not have experience with large slave populations.

[@Jam-m7m]

You’re a strong beautiful young lady. Don’t give bigots an inch of room in your head.

[@teddyjam8134]

These racists are incredible with the things they say. How is talking about history and the truth causing trouble?! Everyone should always embrace the truth, not avoid or run away from it!

[@awo2584]

Because they only talk about history that benefits them, that's the only history you're allowed to mention.

[@kristinabates7787]

I support and respect you that you are talking about the difficult things and dimensions of race, and hope this will positively affect our melting pot

[@nytn]

me too

[@richardwilliamswilliams]

Good morning neighbor lady. Always enjoy your programs !😊

[@nytn]

Good to see you!

[@ivanlane5812]

Conversation cause people to think about situations, it also cause people to care about certain situations. Conversations educate people versus what they have been taught all their lives. Many people change their way of thinking because they have been taught the truth on a certain topic. Once your mind changes it will eventually change your vocabulary then change your behavior towards people that you were taught to hate. Therefore honest conversation does help.

[@MrK67017]

You won't find Joe P. at the mensa meeting.

[@nytn]

😌lol

[@Alleymurphy-ge6ek]

You are very amazing. Thank you for your videos. I appreciate you and definitely got a lot of respect for you. Keep doing what you're doing.❤️‍🔥💯🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@AnMuiren]

What a blessing to grow up unaware how many people believe in racial purity. Since my earliest childhood in the late 1950, I have heard White and BIPoC express these beliefs. To this day, I have Black people say I'm not entirely Black because I have too many ancestors of European ancestry, worse, I experienced an abusive degree of colorism inside my own family because I'm seen as too dark. Racial purity and colorism really shows up in dating, where someone might embrace swirl or date interracially, but draw the line at any serious relationship or having a family.

[@kaizatengoku3893]

They right

[@robinjordan-henry9215]

First of all, I to am a Christian. I agree that the subjects you cover need to be discussed so that myths are dispelled. I saw the pictures from the area when segregation was prevalent; at this time segregation is not as obvious but the ideology of it is raging. History can be difficult to hear but there are people today living with the effects of the past. For instance, if a person believes that "black blood" exists that belief is there because of someone has taught them that lie. That seemingly innocuous belief can cause a bias or prejudice in other areas of their life causing unexpected or expected wrongs to occur. I throughly enjoy the research and sharing you do. I'll eventually join patreon. God bless and protect you.🙏🏽 ❤

[@dantesabatino5429]

Absurd, you and your Italian dad just resemble various dark Italian celebs Nick Turturro(actor), Erica Spera(comedian), Marizia Caravelli(athlete), etcetera. That racist commenter is probably a more “white” passing Italian-American who watches too much tv and never even went to Southern Italy where we have diverse appearances primarily from evolving in the sunny subtropical Mediterranean.

[@nytn]

I always wish these kinds of people had a real photo for their profile LOL

[@HighPriestessK]

Bravo! Exactly! Thank you for this comment.

[@NiecyQ]

There's a joke that they used to say, and of course it's racist. "Italians are just 🥷 turned inside, out." I heard that from a person of European descent btw.

[@dantesabatino5429]

@NiecyQ Yeah Americans have the most ridiculous ideas of Europe and Africa, not realizing that we’ve always looked diverse particularly from that Mediterranean climate like Lebanese Arabs. It’s because race is completely fabricated and no continents are genetically or visually unified.

[@simonecostantini892]

I disagree, Danielle doesn't look Italian.

[@anthonyproffitt5341]

That’s so funny. If you want to play the “racial game”, Italy is the definition of the Mediterranean party mix of nearly everything.

[@xlReGaRdLeSslx]

The thing about being mixed; is that you're both and yet neither, a living paradox. You're a hybrid, something else.

[@devonb882]

Facts and different countries have different words for the different types of mixtures and different classification for it. In my country Guyana mixed people are all group together regardless of what specific mixture they are and they counted as their own demographic.

[@delilahpasseel406]

Ms Romero, this is your journey and your story. Each chapter, make mental notes and keep it pushing. How is someone other than you, going to tell your journey. It belongs to you. It is useful and don’t let anyone turn you around into their confusion. Peace

[@joecampitiello3643]

Sorry to say but no one is full blooded anything I am 82% Greek/italian with North African and middle eastern so if you are southern Italian chances are you have some African in your background

[@1aikane]

The DNA tests relayed I am 100% European, without even a si gle deviation

[@miguelz8721]

North africans & middle Easterners aren't black their Mediterranean

[@quatummind]

I don’t believe people think that they have antiquated ideas that are evil. I do believe this channel sheds light on those antiquated beliefs and it’s threatening to those individuals. Personally, I will do my part and subscribe to your Patreon channel and keep the dialog progressing forward. Truly appreciate your hard work

[@tshombemiles100]

I love your show . I was just curious if you have read Barbara and Karen Fields book: Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life? This is an excellent book to think and frame the how race is a social construct that helps organize the world we live in.

[@nytn]

I have never heard of it! I'll grab it, thank you so much for being here and the suggestion.

[@welcometomrgseducation2153]

When it comes to this conversation it should be a frank one without an emotional explosion nor suppression.

[@blactwulf5051]

Because you are mixed it's made you extremely beautiful.

[@jesseflores1773]

all your ancestors would be proud Great job on this really great stuff

[@josephcamp8602]

Danielle, I don’t see you tainted at all. I think you’re very beautiful becasue of your mixture.

[@ChocoBeauty8]

You really wrote I don't see the "tainted". Please stop with the mirco aggression.

[@AdultThirdCultureKid1971]

Neither do I. Embrace the mix that you are, Danielle. 🥰

[@josephcamp8602]

@@ChocoBeauty8: There was no micro aggression. It was a compliment. Danielle is beautiful and very insightful. However, you might want to go back and watch her video again and get the correct context of what she was saying and not misunderstand what I said.

[@ChocoBeauty8]

@josephcamp8602, I watched the video. Microaggression is often disguised as a compliment or a question. You implied that if she were not beautiful, her blood would be tainted by her African "blood". You could have complimented her beauty without the qualifier.

[@josephcamp8602]

@@ChocoBeauty8: I think you are bonkers! - First of all, how do you know what’s in my mind? I said none of that that you think I said. Lady, that’s all in your mind. You have to make up crap to rationalize what’s going on in your mind. It’s beyond weird! The fact is Danielle was corresponding with a guy that didn’t recognize that she was Italian because she has a black ancestor. Moreover, she thought that guy considered her tainted because of that. That had nothing to do with me. I was just telling her that she is not tainted and she’s beautiful just the way she is with all the different ethnicities in her background that makes her who she is. - Are you taking “Woke” and “racialized CRT” courses somewhere. If you are, I advise you leave them be before that mind virus takes over. It’s a contagion and infects all that get near to it!

[@Clintvictory]

Your videos are great. American society needs to keep having conversations about racial issues from colonial times and contemporary times. Danielle Your are actively practicing civic engagement in your videos that's awesome. You look very Italian I went to Florence and Rome a few years back and you could easily blend into Southern Italy.

[@nytn]

Well I’ll let my dad know! He loves all the heritage we have uncovered but tells me “never forget! you’re still Italian” 😌😌

[@Emma223Mom]

I think I have said before how much I appreciate what you do! I would love to sit and have coffee with you 🤗 we’re sitting until the pot is empty! I’m paying 😋 There is no racial purity period. I have never seen a genetically pure effect. One may say I am Italian but that is more national. You had a professor from Italy on your KZbin and the distinction between North and South was pretty diverse. Anyone who has looked at 100 years of history ( 500 years of history, 1000 yrs of history or millennia centuries) has a grasp of race as multicultural. Over longer periods there may be a stabilizing effect in a community for a time with more change coming through migration.

[@nytn]

That’s so kind of you! What is it about sitting together over coffee or tea? It just does something extra

[@jamiecl2]

Totally agree, no one is purely anything, not even the people overseas. I like I’m sure others feel the same as you, please keep sharing your videos, I know now that I am not the only who thinks this way.

[@gloriathomas3245]

Danielle, you should familiarize yourself with the the story of Ariana Miyamoto if you're not not familiar with her due the fact some years ago she was at the center of a debate (in Japan) on what it means to be Japanese. In Japan many people like Ariana who are of mixed heritage are often ostracized, bullied and treated as outcast and aren't seen as being Japanese or Japanese enough by a large segment of Japanese society that continues to believe in the idea of racial purity. For those that don't understand Japanese culture, Japan is a country that views itself as racially homogeneous.

[@jamesyamauchi5657]

Not only Japanese of mixed heritage with non-Japanese, but also traditionally there was discrimination against those Japan's own indigenous group, the Ainu, as well as other such groups that also descended from the Jomon. My paternal grandfather and his side of the family had heavy Jomon or Ainu ancestry or characteristics. I'm 3rd generation Japanese-American, but some people have assumed I must be mixed with some southern European because of certain physical characteristics (which my dad had more of), but it was the Jomon characteristics from my paternal grandfather's side.