I'm not going to go into a lot of detail about this but will focus on one very problematic aspect.
The show portrays Cleopatra as Black. Now, this wouldn't be an issue (other then the usual pathetic and desperate race swapping) but this show is being marketed as a "documentary". One of the show's creators even stated this, "Don't let the schools or anyone try to tell you differently, Cleopatra was Black".
Problem is, for something that labels itself as a "documentary" it gets the most important, most basic fact dead-ass wrong. Cleopatra was NOT Black, unless one is willing to ignore the plethora of archaeological evidence that Cleo was most likely a Macedonian Greek, and the total lack of archaeological evidence that she was Black.
Now, it could well be that the Pharaonic era in Egypt began with Black Pharaohs but by the time of Cleo the Pharaonic line was clearly Ptolemaic.
What the show is doing is called 'blackwashing'. An Egyptian lawyer is suing Netflix and the show runners for cultural appropriation and "trying to erase the Egyptian identity".
Now, some mental midgets are suggesting that no one knows for sure if Cleo was Black or not because "her race was unlikely to be documented". But it was, in coins. The profile of Cleo on those ancient coins is clearly the profile of a Greek person, not an African person.
Jada Pinkett Smith, an executive producer on the show, recently explained the controversial depiction on Netflix’s promotional website Tudum.
“We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that was really important for me, as well as for my daughter, and just for my community to be able to know those stories because there are tons of them!” the actor and talk show host said.
Especially when you engage in race swapping and historical revisionism, right Jada?
But let's go with the notion that Pharaonic Egypt was 100% Black for it's entire history. Pharaonic Egypt engaged in colonialism, imperialism and slavery. So in that regard I have to ask, when are Black people going to pay reparations for that?
The show portrays Cleopatra as Black. Now, this wouldn't be an issue (other then the usual pathetic and desperate race swapping) but this show is being marketed as a "documentary". One of the show's creators even stated this, "Don't let the schools or anyone try to tell you differently, Cleopatra was Black".
Problem is, for something that labels itself as a "documentary" it gets the most important, most basic fact dead-ass wrong. Cleopatra was NOT Black, unless one is willing to ignore the plethora of archaeological evidence that Cleo was most likely a Macedonian Greek, and the total lack of archaeological evidence that she was Black.
Now, it could well be that the Pharaonic era in Egypt began with Black Pharaohs but by the time of Cleo the Pharaonic line was clearly Ptolemaic.
What the show is doing is called 'blackwashing'. An Egyptian lawyer is suing Netflix and the show runners for cultural appropriation and "trying to erase the Egyptian identity".
Now, some mental midgets are suggesting that no one knows for sure if Cleo was Black or not because "her race was unlikely to be documented". But it was, in coins. The profile of Cleo on those ancient coins is clearly the profile of a Greek person, not an African person.
Jada Pinkett Smith, an executive producer on the show, recently explained the controversial depiction on Netflix’s promotional website Tudum.
“We don’t often get to see or hear stories about Black queens, and that was really important for me, as well as for my daughter, and just for my community to be able to know those stories because there are tons of them!” the actor and talk show host said.
Especially when you engage in race swapping and historical revisionism, right Jada?
But let's go with the notion that Pharaonic Egypt was 100% Black for it's entire history. Pharaonic Egypt engaged in colonialism, imperialism and slavery. So in that regard I have to ask, when are Black people going to pay reparations for that?
