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Exclusive: Majority of British people found to have ‘shockingly little’ knowledge about Black British history

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (2 children)

His father was a Berber, and his mother was Roman if I'm not mistaken. Doesn't sound like he was black.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah you'll see this a lot with Roman history anyone who lived on the continent of Africa has to be black. It's a way of oddly, well I guess whitewashing isn't the exact right term I'm looking for, but oversimplifying I guess history? I've taken the Nuance out of things. Also of diminishing other North African cultures.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

It's not just Roman history. It happened recently with the Cleopatra show. Some people can't get their head around the idea that not all Africans are black.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

But isn't Roman just a blanket term for a ton of different ethnicities and nationalities?