well said. thankyou could not b better explained. i dont wanna throw any race under the bus but'.. i googled the arab was the one that sold the black man to Certain white people. but the blacks always wanna call the arabs thier brothers..? you are right italians never bought african slaves while in the states in the 1800-1900's. and i believe sweedish norigean russian austrialian and a few other countries were not involved.. when are blacks gonna realize this..