Do u believe that Cleopatra was a Black woman ? 👑

In case you haven't heard there was a movie about the legendary Cleopatra herself. Which was organized and produced partly by Jada Pinkett Smith. Now his has caused a great uproar on social media of all places. Can you imagine that. So the, the so called Egyptians are trying to sue the entertainment streaming giant known as Netflix. What do you think about this latest news. Some say that Cleopatra
was Greek. Some say she was Roman. Some say she was Arab. I believe she was a mixed race woman myself. Like a Greek
mixed with African. But why does it matter ? It doesn't matter to me. I could care less, as this is nothing more than another distraction.
And those who have small minds will get so wrapped up into it until they lose their minds. Anyway, do you believe that Cleopatra was a Black woman.
Comments. The best answer will win. 🌛

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Josh1454 · M

I agree that she was mixed race. People will say she was Greek and leave it at that. Her father was Greek but we know nothing about her mother. On other sites when I’ve said she was mostly likely mixed race and given my argument as to why, they have argued that she was white because you could see it in the statues and paintings of her. Despite the fact that most of the statues made of her that we have now were made almost 100 years after her death at the earliest. One even said you could tell from the coins. This is the example of the coin.

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I can tell you this. You cannot tell the race of this person by that coin as there are 2 people and they look almost identical. As for the statues.

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They look like they could be any race. Most likely her father, Ptolemy XII (Auletes), probably did the normal thing of the time and had a child with a local family of power in order to ingratiate himself to the people as his child would be part of the people. I’ve even seen people argue about the fact that North African people are not black. Despite the fact that Egypt borders Sudan. The actress playing Cleopatra is mixed race and most likely looked more like Cleopatra than Elizabeth Taylor did.

Zonuss · 46-50, M

@Josh1454 There was a scientist I watched the other night stating that her mom may be an African woman. Just because they don't always tell you the actual truth doesn't mean it's not known.

SW-User

@Josh1454 Cleopatra V was her mother. Her family liked keeping the bloodlines pure, which is why they engaged in incest

Josh1454 · M

@SW-User even that isn’t certain. If you look into it, it says most likely and that her mother could’ve been the half-sister of Ptolemy XII. There’s no assurances. The issue that I’m talking about is that when you’re dealing with history that is 2000 years old there’s a lot of inferring being done. Yes they are educated guesses but they can be wrong as well. A lot of her story was destroyed by Octavian. So most of the history was then passed down orally until they wrote it down years later. Essentially what I’m saying is, and I did state this before, there is a high chance she looked more like the current actress portraying her than any if the other actresses. Also, I didn’t learn this from reading online. I actually studied Greek history in university because I’ve lived Greek history since I was 8 years old.

SW-User

@Josh1454 if she was from a Macedonian Greek family, how is it likely she looked like the actress currently playing her? You are aware that Greek people are white, not black?

It's strongly believed that her mother was Cleopatra V and she was the half sister of his father. There is no reason to believe otherwise...the chances of her being half black are extremely low, and even if there was reason to question the maternal heritage...why would we assume black? In all liklihood it would be another person with Greek ancestry, like a Greek mistress or concubine.