did you hear that Cleopatra was black

yep that is right, Netflix confirmed it as did the writers of the series. So it must be true.

Just ignore the lawsuit happing against Netflix by some Egyptians for trying to erase their history.
Surely it wouldnt be Hollywood trying to rewrite history to put black people at the center of everything instead of just making compelling shows on Black history that does not include slavery
Race swapping is just far easier

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helenS · 36-40, F

The historical Cleopatra may very well have been black. We don't know though, because skin color was irrelevant at that time.

Zeusdelight · 61-69, M

@helenS Skin colour, if it delineated a differenc e between one group and the other, would surely have made a difference.

helenS · 36-40, F

@Zeusdelight I did not want to say that people were color blind; just that in the ancient Mediterranean world, skin color was not used to disqualify a person from a certain office, at least not in Egypt; whereas, in the 1950s, a black-skinned American or French or German president was unthinkable.

Zeusdelight · 61-69, M

@helenS Ok. It would seem from what you are saying that the various races were fairly well mixed and no one was able to dominate another or it was culturally non-competitive?

helenS · 36-40, F

@Zeusdelight Most slaves during the epoch of the Roman Republic were Romans. Debt slavery. Black-skinned humans were not seen as "slaves by nature".

Zeusdelight · 61-69, M

@helenS Not actually referring to slaves or any particular colour. A lot of discrimination and dominance occurs, in my view, because there is a dominance of a populous type over a less populous type. However, if there is no numerical, physical or financial dominance, the dominance will not occur and the types will need to co-exist and work together.