Many white Americans have ancestral roots in the Germanic, Gallic and Gothic people that lived in the area today that is called Germany and France. Yet, as usual, our history has been distorted so that we have lost touch with it. Indeed, disguising the proud Germanic roots of the white race may even be part of today's obsession with "white privilege." The ancient Romans had Germanic bodyguards renowned for both their fighting merit and sense of loyalty and honor ... is this the root of why the Vatican (in Rome) has an elite group of Swiss Guards for its protection?