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Sorry, White Nationalists, Europeans were Black until the Rise of Rome, and Rome was Multiracial
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Sorry, White Nationalists, Europeans were Black until the Rise of Rome, and Rome was Multiracial

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It wasn’t until the era of the foundation of Rome, however, than any significant number of Europeans began being lighter complected.

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