Exclusive: Majority of British people found to have ‘shockingly little’ knowledge about Black British history

  • Fat Tony@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Also, is it even confirmed he was black? I mean Algerian people are not exactly black. Could be wrong though. Don’t know if there are any ancient scripts describing him.

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        Yeah you’ll see this a lot with Roman history anyone who lived on the continent of Africa has to be black. It’s a way of oddly, well I guess whitewashing isn’t the exact right term I’m looking for, but oversimplifying I guess history? I’ve taken the Nuance out of things. Also of diminishing other North African cultures.

        • vagrantprodigy@lemmy.whynotdrs.org
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          It’s not just Roman history. It happened recently with the Cleopatra show. Some people can’t get their head around the idea that not all Africans are black.

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        But isn’t Roman just a blanket term for a ton of different ethnicities and nationalities?