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@Buschcorner @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ That is true, although to be fair, many Turks are the descedents of Greek populations that lived in Anatolia prior to the Turkish migrations from Central Asia.

@NLJunior1 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ That's funny seeing as Turks are genetically and geographical close to Greeks than some other European groups but somehow aren't labeled white. I wonder why, seeing as there are turks that look like this.

Interesting how Matt Damon and Lupita Nyong’o both have exactly the same amount of Greek heritage (none), but the Internet is only furious about one casting choice and not the other. Riddle me that.

@Buschcorner @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ That is true, but I attribute that to people simply not knowing what a Subsaharan African looked like because they never saw one. It was the norm to represent historical figures as someone resembling their own population, because that is what was known to them.

@NLJunior1 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ This is how an Ethiopian queen has been depicted for thousands of years and no one has every made a fuss about it.

@H0nestR3d @Buschcorner @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ White today means ethnicities native to Europe and their descendents. Of course the term was not used back 3000 years ago. But modern Greeks (closest modern group to Ancient Greeks) are classified as White today as they are native Europeans.

@Buschcorner @NLJunior1 @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ Nobody in Ancient Greece identified as white, modern white people liked the aesthetic so they took credit for their accomplishments, is what actually happened.

@Buschcorner @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ Overall they did not, but although not dominant, light eyes and light hair was still present in a minority of Greeks, in a way that Subsaharan features were not. Other than that, I do agree they should have cast more actual Greeks for the roles.

@NLJunior1 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ Northern and Western Europeans did not resembled ancient Greeks either. In many cases, Middle Eastern or Eastern Mediterranean populations may have shared more similar features and phenotypes with ancient Greeks than populations from northern or western Europe.

@Buschcorner @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ Ancient Greeks knew of them, but they clearly couldn't pass as a Greek the way some Levantines, Anatolians and North Africans could.

@NLJunior1 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ It isn't at all, after all the Aithiopians who were referenced in the the Odyssey are sub saharan Africans from ethiopia and kush which neighbours lupita country Kenya. Don't know why people assume there weren't any contact and interactions with sub saharan.

@Buschcorner @thehermit01001 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ I personally would not have a problem if the actor was that, Levantine, Anatolian, Mediterranean, etc. Subsaharan African is a bridge too far for this setting, just like East-Asian or Native American would be.

@NLJunior1 @thehermit01001 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ Yes, but even prior to the conquest Ancient Greeks were not genetically identical to northern or western Europeans and carried varying levels of Levantine, Anatolian, Iranian, and broader Mediterranean ancestry alongside their European ancestry. Were already darker prior.

@StudBoyfriend @Lucio1994 @doc_gero @saint_witch_ Maybe you personally doesn't care, but black people in general and many other nonwhite groups certainly would have a problem with Whitewashed characters. Whites are not special in that regard.

@NLJunior1 @Lucio1994 @doc_gero @saint_witch_ So you agree? What are we even talking about then. White people have been appropriating historic figures for years (Moses, Jesus, Prince Faisal). Remember Gyllenhaal was the Prince of Persia lol But I don’t care. They’re movies. Why do you suddenly care when it’s a black woman?

@StudBoyfriend @Lucio1994 @doc_gero @saint_witch_ "There’s no reality where men in Greece 3,000 years ago looked like Matt Damon. I’m not sure why that offends you." The majority probably didn't, but like I said previously, it was a minority but not uncommon. An ethnic greek can be blonde and have light colored eyes.

@NLJunior1 @Lucio1994 @doc_gero @saint_witch_ ???? There’s no reality where men in Greece 3,000 years ago looked like Matt Damon. I’m not sure why that offends you. And that’s fine. It’s a film about a made up story. Where were you people when Christian Bale played Moses, or Gerrard Butler played an Egyptian lol

@Buschcorner @thehermit01001 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ The Spanish have around 0-10% of North African admixture from the Muslim conquest (depending on the region), but even with that, they are still closer genetically with other Europeans than with Moroccans. That is why I said the Mediterranean, for most of history, was a barrier.

@NLJunior1 @thehermit01001 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ They are genetically closer to Northern Europeans overall, but the sea was never a barrier, especially considering Berber/Moors ruled spain for 800 years. Genetics also vary across Spain by region and southern Iberia in particular shows measurable North African admixture.

@StudBoyfriend @Lucio1994 @doc_gero @saint_witch_ You clearly don't live here and don't interact with people around here. 10% of Italians are blonde, 30% have blue or green eyes. A minority but a very sizable one.

@NLJunior1 @Lucio1994 @doc_gero @saint_witch_ I’ve been quite a few times. I never saw groups of Matt Damon-looking men knocking about. I don’t know why you people are trying to erase the Mediterranean’s unique heritage by pretending they’re all just preppy white people from Boston.

@Buschcorner @thehermit01001 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ Ethnic Spanish are genetically closer to Norwegians than to Moroccans. The Mediterranean Sea acted mostly as a barrier.

@thehermit01001 @H0nestR3d @DonovanNagel @saint_witch_ You don't know much about European history then. Mediterraneans have North African, levantine, iranian & Middle Eastern genetic makeup along with their Europeans genetic make up. Different from western and northern Europe. Just look at the geographical location.

@StudBoyfriend @Lucio1994 @doc_gero @saint_witch_ You've never been to Southern Europe and it shows.

@Lucio1994 @doc_gero @saint_witch_ You’re currently in Poland. Why are you lying lol. Absolutely no chance you’re walking past a bunch of Matt Damon’s You’ll be walking past a bunch of olive skinned men with dark hair.

IQ predicts trust 9x better than political ideology. IQ & trust: r = +0.267 Politics & trust: r = −0.030

@Ramos__200 @NWordBiden @gaswerx2o6 @YungTacoTuesday True, but the FBI classify the vast majority of Hispanic offenders as White, inflating the White crime numbers. I think that was what he was referring to.

@NWordBiden @gaswerx2o6 @YungTacoTuesday "Hispanic" is not a race, It's make 0 sense for them to classfied as that. Most of them are probably labeled as mixed race, black or indigenous.

Black man kills someone for no reason. “This is America” So true.

@99_the_comments @Mrgunsngear @mattvanswol This is correct, 93% of Hispanics offenders are classified as "White" by the FBI.

@Mrgunsngear @mattvanswol Hispanics are listed as white in FBI stats so all LE agencies have to list them as white. Race categorie is "white - non hispanic" and "white - hispanic"

🚨HOLY CRAP!!! Tampa FL police arrested over 20+ people yesterday after a MASSIVE "teen takeover" turned incredibly violent with teens punching each other and vandalizing property. Police had to send in a HELICOPTER to get the teens under control!!! WHERE ARE THE PARENTS?!!!!!

@Falcons187Web @MattWalshBlog If only Anglo-Saxons are White then the vast majority of Europeans are not White.

@MattWalshBlog Which "white people" were there in Ancient times again? Greeks and Romans were not "Anglo-Saxon." Democracy started there.

There is not a single thing that has happened in American history that even vaguely supports the notion that “black Americans created democracy in this country.” Democracy is almost entirely a creation of white people, going back to ancient times. That’s just a fact.

@harukaawake What would be the point of visiting, then? Cities and countries would lose their uniqueness and become more of the same multicultural slop.

🇯🇵 (Non-Japanese people only) If you were to visit Japan and you saw more foreigners than Japanese people, you'd feel:

The rise of white supremacy was a media generated narrative. This is observable:

@DailyCaller not our war

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has suspended the nation’s defense cooperation agreement with Israel amid the war with Iran. Meloni spoke outside a wine industry event in Verona Tuesday, where she told reporters the Italian government “has decided to suspend the automatic renewal of the defense agreement with Israel in consideration of the current situation,” according to a Politico report. Read more from @BrasfieldAshley below 👇

@BillBadford @disclosetv Iran war has only 7% of support in Italy. If Meloni joined it's political suicide for her.

NOW - Trump says Italy gets "a lot of oil from the strait" and that he doesn't have the same relationship with Meloni, "as she's been negative, anybody that turned us down for helping with this Iran situation, we do not have the same relationship."