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No, Cleopatra Was Not Black

Friday, 19 May 2023, 21:30 BFH Uncategorized 34

Egyptian Government Says Cleopatra Had “White Skin” In Response To Netflix Documentary Casting Controversy

Egypt‘s Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities has responded to controversy surrounding the casting choice for Netflix‘s Queen Cleopatra documentary.

The government agency has declared that Cleopatra was “white-skinned” based on “Bas-reliefs and statues” of the historical figure.

Biracial actress Adele James (Casualty) portrays Cleopatra in the documentary narrated and executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith.

Her casting has sparked a debate in Egypt, with various figures accusing the docudrama of “blackwashing” the country’s history.

One attorney has even filed a suit against Netflix, claiming the project had contradicted and distorted Egyptian history in favor of promoting Afrocentrism.

On Thursday (April 27), a representative for the antiquities ministry in Egypt told The Independent that Cleopatra had “white skin and Hellenistic characteristics.”

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34 Comments on No, Cleopatra Was Not Black

  2. “Tempest in a teapot” comes to mind. Netflix is losing everything; customers, profits, influence, and credibility. Their stock is in free fall, I doubt they will even be around in five years. Their CEO is the wokest of the woke and deserves every ill wind that blows his way.

    I’m surprised Egypt’s Tourism Board even noticed. Hollywood, of which Netflix is just a bit player, has gotten history wrong for so long and nobody will be watching this bit of revisionism.

    Several years back HBO did a series called “Rome” which was very good. Their version of Cleopatra, ethnic-looking but certainly not white, vampy, conniving, calculating, and oozing sexuality, was pretty convincing.

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  15. Elizabeth Taylor played Cleopatra. And she had almond eyes and was white. That proves it right there. I don’t care who you are. Old movies don’t lie. @#$%@burp#$&^%!

    Also, northern Egyptians are not “black” like southern Egyptians. Northerners are kind of like beautiful Teak. Double proof. double bourbon please

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  18. @Rich Taylor
    AT 9:55 PM
    “Netflix is losing everything; customers, profits, influence, and credibility. “

    Is that why I keep getting 2 AM text messages telling me my Netflix account is about to expire? And I never even had a Netflix account!

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  19. There’s not SHIT on TV. Cable or otherwise. We do enjoy Netflix. Remember, Netflix manned the fuck up and stuck with Chappelle. I’m not saying that makes the conservative by any means. I guess I’m saying I’ll wait for them to screw up one more time. They do have all the Longmire shit. And that’s worth watching. Better than Costners deal as far as I’m concerned.

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  21. Here is the backstory on all this bullshit, Blacks yearn for the validation of Wakanda.

    There has never been a technological based suoerior black empire or even city of any historical note or achievement ascribed to a dominant black culture.

    That’s why they must either fantasize one AKA Wakanda or co-opt one as in Northern Africa.

    Even us indigenous types built state of the art cities in South America that ruled entire continents for thousands of years.

    That’s why they are now claiming slaves built America. Total bullshit. At the height of its power the South controlled 36% of the GDP and blacks were just 1% of the population.

    It’s all just desperate revisionist crap.

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  25. She may not have been Black, but maybe her cat was.

    That THIS guy alleges caused the Roman Civil War and the start of 1000 years of Imperial tyranny by tearing up Julius Caesar’s favorite sandals.

    As long as we’re just making stuff up, may as well go all the way…

    https://youtu.be/GuDgvbpVQD4

    “Cleopatra’s favorite cat
    Got his hands on Caesar’s spats
    The heat was on as you could see
    So he front ’em to Mark Antony.
    Said, “My girlfriend’s cat is smarter than me.”
    Caesar had an eye for clothes
    He saw them spats and said, “I like those.”

    Caesar had no thing to say, except,
    “Jesu Christi Domine,
    Et tu, Brute,
    Jesu Christi Domine,
    Et tu, Brute.”

    The senate tried to sympathize
    It was the cat they should despise
    Informant told his whereabouts
    Centurions to seek him out

    Centurions! There go the centurions.

    Brutus had to turn his head
    When THIS cat done went and said,
    “If he’s got this thing for shoes,
    He just might be ambitious, too.

    They got holidays all in his name,
    And all a tyrant needs is fame.
    Those fascists don’t play pretty games
    Egypt is the place to be…
    But Rome is a democracy.
    Rome!”

    Caesar never got them back
    ‘Cause they killed his ass in the second act.
    Brutus spoke, then Antony:
    Said, “My girlfriend’s cat is smarter than me.
    Friends, Romans, can’t you see
    My girlfriend’s cat is smarter than me
    Egypt’s biggest rivalry:
    Cleopatra’s cat and me.”
    -“Cleopatra’s Cat”, Spin Doctors

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