Archived "Hey look, white people playing Egyptians again smh" (i.imgtc.com)
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Archived "Hey look, white people playing Egyptians again smh" (i.imgtc.com)
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[–] culofiesta 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago (edited ago)
EGYPTIANS WEREN'T BLACK
Get that through your minds, people. It's not a racial thing or a political thing. It's a history thing.
They are North African, a race that doesn't even exist anymore. The closest you can come to who they were are today's north africans.
[–] LazarusLong 2 points 0 points 2 points (+2|-2) ago
The Kushites, who were often subjects of the Egyptians, were Nubians and likely black appearing.
They comprised the 25th dynasty of Egypt after conquering and controlling Egypt for a short time (~100 years).
This is likely where the idea of black Pharaohs comes from, though in all probability, only the first couple would have been recognizably "black" by today's standards.
However, even during this time there would have been very few common people who appeared black, as the Egyptians were an incredibly insular society, especially in terms of martial intermingling.
[–] culofiesta 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Yes. The Nubians had characteristics now attributed to black people.
Black people calling themselves Nubians is like Columbus calling Native Americans Indians. It's a mistake in history that has been accepted.