Why do people constantly deny Egyptians were black?

[ranzino]

Is it damaged or was she portrayed as high on drugs?

damaged. hey, the stuff is old as fuck

[LedZeppelin]

You can't be "half jewish", it is not a race.

Its both a religion and a race.

[Baroclinic]

The same reason we deny that Jesus was a dinosaur.

[Masoner]

I dare you to go to Egypt and tell someone they are African...

[ranzino]

Because as we know, all art is made to be 100% realistic and stylistic license is never taken.

Especially during the Amarna period of all things.

AFAIK Amarna art WAS realistic ? Usually pharaos were depicted as proud and pretty, regardless of actual age at time of depiction; the paintings of Echnaton and Nofretete were different. the bust should be a pretty close version to the actual queen then.
Nofre is on exhibition in Berlin, if somebody is interested. husband Echnaton too.

[Techno-Druid]

I dare you to go to Egypt and tell someone they are African...

Egyptians are Africans...as are Berbers, Afrikaners, Cape Verdeans, etc.

[ranzino]

I dare you to go to Egypt and tell someone they are African...

by geography they are and since you cannot have a dispute with Narmer or the real Scorpion King (yes, the guy existed) ?

[Suporex]

North Africans are caucasian. Egypt is in Northeast Africa. Not really a hard concept to grasp. Egyptians painted representations of themselves with light brown skin so obviously they were brown not black.

[Masoner]

Egyptians are Africans...as are Berbers, Afrikaners, Cape Verdeans, etc.

Then you wouldn't have an issue going to Egypt and telling someone on the street this.

[Deleted]

Is it common belief? I learned this fact in Elementary School and pretty much every reputable documentary on the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade mentions or shows this.

Although now that you mentioned it, there were differences in the slavery practiced in West Africa and that of chattel slavery. Chattel slavery is slavery that is dehumanizing (chattle = cattle) and was practiced in the Americas, a slave was an animal and who's children would also be born into slavery as animals. In West Africa however, slavery was different, slaves could be freed and assimilate into the society that enslaved them, their children were born free and parts of that society.

Chattle slavery evolved out of serfdum which evolved from the roman slavery system which evolved from Greek each level got a littel more harsh. There's not much difference between a serf and a Chattle slave, both were property, both were condemned to servitude in perpetuity ( there kids and kids kids were automatically slaves) roman slavery was similar in the birth department but slaves had greater legal protection

[Fetus Rex]

Not sure is this is bait but whatever, I'll bite...

Ghana, Songhai, Mali, Aksum, Swahili City-States, Kanem-Bornu, Cush and Punt.

As I have said there was never advanced black civilization. Given examples have one thing in common: trade routes. That is the only way they could ever develop beyond mud huts. No so different than later african colonial endevors but without colonial aspect of it. All of it thanks to white men who invested their money and time in making passages easier.

[Checkt]

This plus let's play a game of hangman:

R_CISM; would you like to guess a letter?

[xindralol]

advanced black civilization.

hahahahaha omg

ya #africa
lul

[Techno-Druid]

As I have said there was never advanced black civilization. Given examples have one thing in common: trade routes. That is the only way they could ever develop beyond mud huts.

So basically how every civilization develops? Through trade and migration.

[Fetus Rex]

hahahahaha omg

ya #africa
lul

: )

So basically how every civilization develops? Through trade and migration.

Yes, through trade and migration of whites and asians.

[Techno-Druid]

Then you wouldn't have an issue going to Egypt and telling someone on the street this.

Anyone from Egypt here? We you aware that you're an African ethnic group inhabiting the continent of Africa?

[Themius]

I really don’t get why so many black people obsess over Egypt... like your ancestors were west African slaves generally so no ties to the east in general at all.

[Deleted]

Then you wouldn't have an issue going to Egypt and telling someone on the street this.

Erm you might as they define them selves as Arabs now post the Islamic expansion of I think was the 2nd or 3rd caliphate that spread to Southern Spain at its height. We are talking about a people's that has long been killed off and consigned to history. Just like the people of turkey are not Greek even though in history that land was inhabited by hellenic people's.

Displacement happens

[InDecisive]

That DNA is not bait people. I actually saw it on the history Channel a few months back, they could've been lying sure but it seemed pretty sure. Not to mention the paintings on the wall of ancient Egypt fully support they were black or dark skinned.

The paintings on the walls of ancient Egypt show light-skinned Egyptian rulers employing dark-skinned foreign slaves to build their pyramids, etc.

[Torched]

In the dead center of Africa? have you ever looked at a map?