An indigenous people’s movement in Europe?
Definitely worth considering. One heck of an article on this is up at The Brussels Journal. All other minorities in the world but Europeans have protected status in one place or another. It's time to think outside the box.
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Jesus Christ, John. Don't dig this up. You'll be discussing Armenian and Shumerian claims to Europe before you know it.
Europe is very old and unfortunately for them they learned to document things at a very young age. Fortunately for the world that they conquested it wasn't a big deal to write down when and where you made camp.
In all my discussions with Europeans about such matters you will be dragged into a conversation that probably pre-dates the Old Testament.
I'm kidding but I'm sayin'...... :) I'm saying it's a pandora's box.
Manwhore
This is ridiculous. Just who is indigenous to Europe? DNA surveys show that the European population came from Africa by way of the Middle East and then by immigrants from Central Asia.
Europe has seen continual immigration. When has it ever stopped?
Britain was conquered by the Romans as was France (Gaul). The Moors (Arabs & Africans) conquered the Iberian Peninsula. Moors landed in Ireland and became the "black Irish." And the Celts migrated from the Iberia before that.
The Mongols invaded eastern Europe leaving behind their DNA that can be seen in the faces of many even though many in modern Russia (and Poland) would like to deny this.
The Portuguese brought over 100,000 African slaves to Europe. Over the course of generations, that population intermarried, including into European royalty. Thus, we have Queen Elizabeth II, descendant of Queen Charlotte.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/royalfamily.html
In Italy, the Medici family saw the ascendancy of a mulatto prince whose mother was an African slave.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/secret/famous/medici.html
The history of Europe is that of constant movement of people. Trying to prove who is truly European will be very hard given all of the facts in both history and DNA.
To Mark: It's true that Europe has always had immigration from the outside, but let's not kid ourselves - the current rate is several orders of magnitude beyond anything ever seen before.
Visit London today, and in many areas you can go an entire day without seeing one white face. By contrast, you would have been pretty hard pressed to find one non-European there in Medieval times. That's one reason why Marco Polo's journey was so remarkable - peoples were incredibly isolated from each other before the modern Age.
In any case, all your arguments against an indigenous people's movement in Europe are legitimate, but here's the irony - they are the very same arguments others have tried (and failed) against granting protected status to other peoples.
Since no ethnic group has been immune from immigration throughout history, then, following your logic, we should also strip away any protected status to Native Americans, Australian Aborigines, etc. Maybe not a bad idea in the end.
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