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More often than thought by a person who says "No black people ever existed in medieval Europe, ever", but less often than thought by, say, Hollywood, or even worse the producers of Doctor Who.
The vast, vast majority of people in medieval Europe would go through their lives without ever seeing a black person. Of course the vast majority of people in medieval Europe went through their lives without seeing very many other people at all outside their immediate surroundings.
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[–] didntsayeeeee 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago
More often than thought by a person who says "No black people ever existed in medieval Europe, ever", but less often than thought by, say, Hollywood, or even worse the producers of Doctor Who.
The vast, vast majority of people in medieval Europe would go through their lives without ever seeing a black person. Of course the vast majority of people in medieval Europe went through their lives without seeing very many other people at all outside their immediate surroundings.
[–] KingMortales 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Dr. Who is exactly what I had in mind when I wrote that comment. It drives me nuts.