Yankee's, at the risk of allowing some on here to short circuit, there is no black or white but more shades of pink and brown. That said the Egyptians and Romans were trading together and I am guessing Cleopatra was not the white lady Elizabeth Taylor made her look like. The Vikings traded with the African coast for quite some time. I am of the opinion that nobody on this earth is 100 % any racial group. I for one view Jesus as a black jew like Sammy Davis, but I feel I am a minority in my view.
ps, FWIW, you would not make it with the folks in my neighborhood as they would see you as a white boy.