#Ethnic African Heritage

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Beauty Skincare Model Skin Routine Cosmetics Makeup Photo Ethnic African "Embarking on Beauty's Journey: A Glimpse into the Skincare and Makeup Rituals of an Ethnic African Model."

[sanyu-thewitch05]

Normally, I don’t get into politics or talk about politicians without a meme like manner, but for the love of god

Please don’t refer to Kamala Harris as African American. She’s not that at all. She’s not part of our (descendants of slaves that were dropped off at 🇺🇸) ethnic group.

Her father is Jamaican. Her mother is Indian You are not going to throw her into our ethnic group and muddy up our accomplishments and definitions because of your ignorance. She’s literally Blasian. Blindian. A more accurate term would’ve been Caribbean-American or Jamaican-American if you still wanted to acknowledge her half-Blackness. Or since this is an actual term for her ancestry in the Caribbean, say she’s a Dougla.

I get it, a woman of color is running for president. You’re excited. But what we’re not going to do is start throwing people into my ethnic group just because they share a drop of Blackness, even though they’re from a different part of the Diaspora.

@queen-shiba

[yamishika]

When I used to watch the early seasons of the FT anime , something about Jellal always struck me as distinct about his features. His eyes always looked more prominent than the rest of the guys and I have cracked why.

My guy is wearing Kohl/Surma/Kajal.

Like LOOK at how defined his eyes are compared to another character , you can’t tell me the guy isn’t putting something on. Especially when no other guy or girl character has such defined eye looks (other than Macbeth but it’s obvious he’s wearing eyeliner)

Yes people might say art style for the first season I can agree but look at the characters and then Jellal and tell me if there isn’t something more there.

Look at the guys here , they have dark lashlines but nowhere NEAR as dark and prominent as Jellal.

Even compared to girls from the first season Jellal has a darker and more thicker lash line compared to them.

Look at the difference between him and Erza side by side! He definitely has a more defined lash line! And look compared to FT girls eyes, when it is the convention of girls usually having the darker lashline in anime.

And then Jellal

There's a clear distinction! His is not just more defined and connected compared to men in FT but also females too!

The reason I have come to the conclusion of Kohl/Kajal/Surma is because I HC Jellal with Arab heritage (or whatever would be the equivalent in earthland-) due to his name Jellal (which is basically another spelling of Jalal) and Kohl is known to be used by the men in the Arab culture to beautify them. And also Kohl is used by people in Arabia/India/Egypt due to its medicinal properties for retaining eye health and improving vision!

Also what differentiates for my thinking that Jellal is not using normal eyeliner but Kohl/Surma/Kajal is because of the way it is applied. Other eyeliners can go on the outer eye but Kohl/Surma is traditionally applied always in the inner corners of the eyes, just like Jellal has (in season 1)

(As you can see the girl in the photo above has her eyes lined like Jellal using Kohl/Surma/Kajal)

Considering Jellal’s magic , I can imagine there is a huge priority on his vision due to the speeds he travels at when casting, so it makes sense for him to use such a thing to help him in battle or aid in beating the consequences of using his magic so his sight isn’t compromised and remains strong!

Also because Jellal's magic revolves around using stars/light , this medicinal cosmetic has also been used to protect against the glare of light which would also come to help for Jellal in battle!

So what is the take away from this post? I put way too much thought trying to prove a HC I have had from young but found out it actually adds up now looking at the facts. You guys can tell me if i'm reaching or not with this after seeing the evidence and argument presented.

Also season 1 Jellal Fernandes is an ethnic king and we stan he never forgot his roots. <3

[ayquebella]

Vintage African Regal Princess Extra-Large Silver-Tone Pendant

This absolutely stunning and massive, silver-tone African princess profile pendant is a knockout! The artisan who sculpted or cast this timeless pendant has an obvious eye toward beauty in its sincerest and purest form and perhaps intended the representation of this glamourous woman to record her picture-perfect, expressive side-view for all eternity. She "wears" a traditional headdress and a single “hoop” earring hangs from her earlobe.

This pendant is a bold and striking conversation starter as is hangs from your favorite necklace or chain!

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My latest Ancestry DNA results.

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Ultimate Travel Guide to Cameroon

Nestled in the heart of Central Africa, Cameroon is a vibrant country that offers tourists a diverse experience. Known as “Africa in miniature,” Cameroon has everything from lush rainforests, beautiful beaches, and active volcanoes to savannas, traditional villages, and cosmopolitan cities. It is rich in culture, history, and natural beauty, making it a must-visit destination for any traveler. A…

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Illusion in Assimilation:

My sense of alienation during my childhood turned upon this axis: I did not look Moroccan, and so I was "lucky." I did look Ashkenazi, and so I was "very lucky." Trapped between who I was and who people thought I was, my world view crystallized according to a clear dichotomy of good and bad, based on origin.

When I was ten, my father was promoted at work, and my parents moved to Jerusalem. This move gave me the opportunity to open a new page in my life: Since no one knew me, I could invent a new self-image and escape from bring one of the "ugly Moroccans." I told new friends that I was born in France. From that rime on, I spent my time constructing and protecting the child I wanted to be—the French child. To be convincing, I eliminated my distinctive Arabic accent when pronouncing the words het and ‘ayin, and I trained myself to adopt the typical Ashkenazi pronunciations, chet and ayin. I never invited any of my friends home, so as not to risk having them discover my real life. I even forbade my mother from speaking Arabic in the street.

Soon, even I began to believe my own deceptive tales, and little by little I constructed a desirable identity for myself. I asked my parents about French words, since they had studied at the Alliance Israelite French colonial school in Morocco. I asked them about French history and culture, and long before the general history classes began in school, my mother had taught me about Zola, Hugo, Les Misenabkz Rousseau and the Revolution, Napoleon and his battles, and General Lyotee.

I incorporated all this information into the identity I was weaving, and I added biographic details meant to ensure my acceptance in class. For example, I claimed that I studied fine arts—which was easy, since everyone studied fine arts. Later, I added that I studied dance. Everyone believed this claim, as well, since I had good physical coordination and loved athletics. Once, during a youth training course, I was asked to perform a dance piece. I made something up, which later I found out was called "improvisation," and it went over great.

As the two realities of home and school grew more and more distant from each other, I developed my tales and cushioned my world with soft, fluffy, and happy imaginative thoughts. I outdid myself when I bragged to my teacher in vocational high school that I had been chosen to participate in the Habima Youth. Habima is the Israeli National Theater Company. Habima Youth was an imaginary, nonexistent organization, which I said was meant to promote talented young actors. The teacher believed me and permitted me to leave class early every Tuesday.

It is clear now that the common denominator of all my tales, whether I was conscious of it or not, was Ashkenazi culture. I hated the real me. Me, the Moroccan, the non-French, the immigrant who didn't participate in enrichment programs like the other kids, who did no more than her very annoying school work. I had to read and memorize entire books on the Jewish people throughout the "world," meaning throughout Eastern Europe. I had to read about my supposed ancestors in the shtetl, about the "family of fighters" who broke through to besieged Jerusalem, all of whom were European; and about the Choma u Migdal, the wall and tower of the pioneer kibbutzim, founded by European Jews. I never found the real me in these books.

In despair, I stopped studying, and I became more certain that I should hold onto that imaginative French girl. Mikraot Yisrael (Roots of Israel) and likewise Historia shel Am Yisrael (The History of Israel), obligatory elementary school texts on Israeli history and literature, provided background for my invented European girl, and they reinforced my belief that the other girl, the real me, did not deserve to exist.

When I finally found texts written about the real me, I discovered that I was Mizrahi, described as dirty, poor, contagious with infectious diseases, spiritually impotent, lacking moral capacities, ignorant, violent, and lazy. At best, my parents and I were described as "having fallen into an historical coma." At worst, we were accused of bringing about the cultural demise of the yishuv--the Jewish Settlement-due to our inferiority complex as tribes and edot. Edot is the term used to describe something just short of "ethnicities," lest it he known that Jews do not constitute a singular "ethnic" group., For Ashkenazim, "Jewish unity" seems predicated on a notion of sameness. The idea of Jews being a multiracial, multiethnic people somehow threatens Ashkenazi leadership.

After reading about the despicable qualities of Mizrahim, I had enough convincing evidence to justify the extermination of my hated Moroccan self. Even history said she was bad, and who wanted to be primitive and dirty?

I worked hard to acquire Ashkenazi knowledge and invested all my energy in it. I did it, however, as a thief in the night. I looked out of the corner of my eye to see what the other kids ate, how they played, and what they wore. I listened to their conversations about cello lessons, messy rooms, and the punishments their mothers gave. I visited their homes and checked to see how their rooms were furnished. I saw their little radios and observed them listening to Hamasch Oleh, "high" culture theatrical broadcast. I aspired to be like them, speak like them, be accepted by them.

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And people keep trying to justify Israel's existence on the basis that it is somehow a safe place for the preservation of Jewish people and their culture and not only is that an awful argument for establishing a Settler Colonist Apartheid State but it's not even true. Like the state is politically and economically dominated by Ashkenazi Jews from Northern Europe and their descendants. While not as severely mistreated as Palestinians, there is still a significant disparity between the European and Non-European Jews in terms of income and education. Non-European Jews are still regularly subject to interpersonal bigotry (hell earlier this year there was a news story about a viral video where Ashkenazi girls in a Purim made a skit mocking the Mizrahi) and Israel government policies towards non-Ashkenazi migrants have done severe damage to their social structure and cultural traditions. Not to mention the fact that the whole reason why many Mizrahi migrated in the first place was to escape the violence caused by European Jews committing atrocities in their name, tearing communities apart as neighbours that had peacefully co-existed for centuries found themselves on opposite sides of this new ethno-religious conflict

There have even been attempts in Israeli history at the forceful assimilation or even biological reduction of non-European Jews; the kidnapping and adoption of Yemeni Jewish children in the 1950s is significant example of the former while the forced contraception of Beta Israeli (Ethiopean Jewish migrants) with the explicit intention of reducing their population's birth rate is an example of the latter. There's also very clear favouritism when it comes to recent converts; white Afrikaner converts are given the right of Aliyah while Nigerian Igbos are not. Like the fact of the matter is that Israel's fundamental nature is as a European Settler Colony, incredibly racist not only towards the indigenous Palestinians but the many Non-European Jews it claims to represent. It's an outpost of Western Imperialism, not a haven for the Jewish people. If it was ever meant to be the latter than it has failed miserably

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Exploring the Rich Culture of the Ibo People in Nigeria: A Comprehensive Guide to One of the Largest Single Ethnic Groups

Disclosing the Rich Tapestry of Igbo Heritage: An in-depth examination of Nigeria’s Dynamic Culture Nigeria’s Igbo people are an enthralling ethnic group with a rich history, colorful customs, and a significant influence on African culture. This essay explores the fundamentals of Igbo culture, looking at its traditions, historical foundations, and remarkable resilience in the face of adversity.…

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Since supporting the springboks it has reminded me that I spell Opa wrong (it's spelled Oupa in Afrikaans) and I'm still not entirely sure what to do with that information. I only ever spelled it Opa in his lifetime so it feels wrong to change it posthumously even though I know that's how it was originally spelled (there's an old picture of him with my cousins where it is spelled Oupa. They're the ones who changed the spelling I think because they're Dutch). my cousins are a lot older than me and I think by the time i came along he'd accepted the Opa spelling because I don't remember ever seeing it spelled Oupa in cards. But at the same time if for some unknown reason I'm in a comment section and I'm like oh yeah I support the springboks because of my Opa I'm going to get judged by a lot of Afrikaners for spelling it wrong

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The Empowering Impact of African Fashion Brands on Local Artisans

Investigate how the rise of African fashion brands has empowered local artisans by providing them with opportunities, recognition, and sustainable livelihoods.

Fully backed by customers, powerhouses, and the design community, African style is set to cement its place as a critical force in the worldwide design scene into the indefinite future.

African design has encountered a noteworthy resurgence on the worldwide stage, catching the attention of style lovers and industry pioneers alike. The mainland’s rich social legacy and imaginative variety have prepared nearby craftsmen to change their manifestations into worldwide design symbols.

The ascent of African fashion brands from neighborhood craftsmen to worldwide symbols is a demonstration of the force of imagination, culture, and social cognizance. These brands have opposed generalizations, enabled nearby networks, and carried Africa’s rich legacy to the cutting edge of the style business.

[spacelazarwolf]

PLS THIS IS SO REAL. my last name is not even that hard to pronounce and ppl will just absolutely butcher it. add “avishai” before it and they blue screen.

Are you fucking for real with this? Y’all have really been whipped into such an antisemitic frenzy like.

“Members of a non-European ethnic group were displaced from their ancestral land and forced to take European names in Western nations hundreds of years ago. Now they’re changing their names back to names that have historical precedent in their native languages. (Black people)” is universally accepted as a good thing by liberals / leftists / anti-racists. But for some reason

“Members of a non-European ethnic group were displaced from their ancestral land and forced to take European names in Western nations hundreds of years ago. Now they’re changing their names back to names that have historical precedent in their native languages. (Jewish people)” is considered a horrifyingly evil colonial tactic?

Most Jews living in European diaspora didn’t have surnames at all until a handful of centuries ago. Sephardim were forced to take on Spanish surnames to avoid being killed by the Inquisition following the Alhambra Decree in 1492. Ashkenazim were forced to adopt Germanic and Eastern European names in different nations at different times between the 1780s and the 1850s. Both Ben Gurion and Netanyahu’s “white” names were forced upon them by local Prussian, Russian, or Austro-Hungarian officials less than three hundred years ago. Adopting Hebrew-or-Yiddish-derived last names were banned by most of these laws. When Jewish families left the nations that had forced them to adopt white Germanic last names, they adopted indigenous Jewish last names instead.

David Ben Gurion was born David Güre. He literally just added a Hebrew patronymic prefix to his father’s last name. Meanwhile Mohammed Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay. Amiri Baraka was born Everett Leroy Jones. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor. When you commend black people for shaking off names that were forced upon them by Europeans three hundred years ago, but vilify Jewish people for doing the exact same thing, you’re antisemitic. There’s no other way around it.

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Beauty Skincare Model Skin Routine Cosmetics Makeup Photo Ethnic African

Unveiling Ethereal Beauty: Exploring the Skincare and Makeup Rituals of an Ethnic African Model."

[fairuzfan]

- Sephardi Jew here. Thank you for your posts concerning Palestinian Jews. Jewish people who are ethnically North African/West Asian are consistently left out of these conversations. Make no mistake - the word "Mizrahi" was invented by Israel to literally strip Palestinian Jews of their identities during the beginning of the occupation. The message was to either assimilate with the Ashkenazi, or die as a Palestinian. The entire reason people struggle to find resources about the history of Palestinian Jews is because it has been purposefully obscured by the occupation. While I am not Palestinian, (that I know of, the other funny thing, diaspora members of the Sephari community often have trouble pinning down our exact heritage, I'll let you guess why) my ethnic background is Moroccan, Libyan, Maltese. Jews from the Iberian Peninsula and Mediterranean Sea have always been here, will continue to be here. You don't have to answer this publicly or anything, btw, I just really try to reach out to people who elevate the voices of the Jewish people from this area of the world. It profoundly touches my heart.

of course, no need to thank me. an aspect of the occupation is a lot of palestinian jews have been erased from palestinian history which is pretty heartbreaking as someone who makes it their lifegoal to preserve palestinian cultural heritage and spread it to people.

it is really difficult finding resources on jewish history in SWANA before it was touched by the occupation despite it being a fundamental part of swana history.... and part of that is from european colonialism and the other part of it is collaboration with european colonialists and swana governments.

if anyone has sources on swana jewish history (i know of hadar cohen and avi shlaim rn), please do let me know so i can look into it!!

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M.I.A. - Paper Planes 2008

"Paper Planes" is a song by British hip hop artist M.I.A. It was released on 11 February 2008 as the third single from her second studio album, Kala (2007). It samples English rockband the Clash's 1982 song "Straight to Hell", leading to its members being credited as co-writers. A downtempo alternative hip hop, pop track combining African folk music elements, the song has a less dance-oriented sound compared to other songs on the album. Its lyrics, inspired by M.I.A.'s own problems obtaining a visa to work in the USA, satirise American perceptions of immigrants from war-torn countries, and said that the issue was probably "them thinking that I might to [sic] fly a plane into the Trade Center".

M.I.A. had wanted to work with American producer Timbaland for the album Kala, but her application for a long-term US work visa was rejected. This was allegedly due to her family's connection to the Tamil guerrillas, commonly known as the Tamil Tigers, a claim M.I.A. denied. Her visa problems were also attributed to her criticism of the Sri Lankan government's discrimination and alleged atrocities committed against the Tamils, with whom M.I.A. shares an ethnic and cultural heritage. She expressed this on her politicised debut album Arular. The unexpected success of "Paper Planes" paralleled M.I.A.'s condemnations of the Sri Lankan government's war crimes against the Tamils, generating accusations that she supported terrorism.

The song received widespread acclaim from contemporary critics, who complimented its musical direction and the subversive, unconventional subject matter. It won awards from the Canadian Independent Music Awards and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and earned a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. The song has received praise in publications such as NME, Pitchfork and Rolling Stone, each naming it among either the best songs of the 2000s decade or of all time. The review aggregator Acclaimed Music reports it as the second-most acclaimed song of the 21st century.

"Paper Planes" was used in the theatrical trailer for the 2008 stoner comedy Pineapple Express, directed by David Gordon Green, which catapulted the song to mainstream success in the US. "Paper Planes" and the DFA remix appear on the soundtrack to Danny Boyle's drama Slumdog Millionaire, released in 2008. The video game Far Cry 3 (2012) begins with "Paper Planes" used in the opening cinematic sequence.

"Paper Planes" received a total of 68,9% yes votes!

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Vintage African Royal Princesses Sterling Silver Clip-On Earrings by Candida - Joe Calafato South Africa

Stunning sterling silver earrings by world-renowned South African jewelry artist, Joe Calafato! Rich with vivid imagery, Calafato’s timeless African iconography and aesthetic appreciation of African expressions are once again present in this gorgeous pair of earrings that wonderfully capture the nobility of African female beauty.

These earrings are a masterfully designed portrayal of two Nubian princesses wearing a traditional majestic headdress with imperial expressions upon their faces. These beautiful earrings have a rich, natural patina and are hallmarked, are lightweight, and cling very gently on the ear with hinged clips. The clip-on earrings have an endearing and enduring sentiment for one with a keen eye for African beauty and art!

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2,000-Year-Old Fayum Portraits from Roman Egypt: also known as "mummy portraits," these funerary paintings were often fastened to the coffins of the people they depicted

Above: Fayum portrait of a woman from Roman-occupied Egypt, c.100-110 CE

Fayum portraiture was a popular funerary practice among the upper-class families of Roman Egypt from about 50 CE to 250 CE. Given the high mortality rates for children during this period, many of these portraits depict children and youths, but adults were often featured, too.

Above: portrait of a youth wearing a golden wreath, c.130-150 CE; the wreath and the background of the portrait are both gilded

The population of the Faiyum Delta, where most of these portraits were found, largely contained individuals with both native Egyptian/North African and Greek heritage. The Greek lineages can be traced back to the Ptolemaic period, when the Greeks gained control of Egypt and began to establish settlements throughout the region, gradually leading to a cultural diffusion between the Greek and Egyptian populations. The Romans eventually took control of Egypt in 31 CE, absorbing it into the Roman Empire and colonizing much of North Africa, but the demographics of the Faiyum Delta remained largely unchanged.

Above: portrait of a man with a mole on his nose, c.130-150 CE

Many of these Fayum portraits reflect the same blend of ethnic and cultural roots, depicting individuals with both Greek and native Egyptian heritage (a claim that is supported by both archaeological and genetic evidence). Some portraits may also depict native Egyptians who did not have any European ancestry, but had been integrated into Greco-Roman society.

Above: portrait of a bearded man, c.170-180 CE

These representations of native Egyptians provide us with unique insights into the actual demographics of Roman-occupied Egypt (and the ancient world at large). Non-European peoples are rarely included in depictions of the classical world; it's also interesting to see the blend of cultural elements that these portraits represent.

Above: portrait of a priest of Serapis, c.140-160 CE; the man in this portrait is shown wearing a fillet/crown that bears the seven-pointed star of the Greco-Egyptian god, Serapis

As this article explains:

In the 1800s and early 1900s, Western art historians didn’t know what to make of these portraits. Scholars of Roman history labeled them Egyptian. Scholars of Egyptian history labeled them Greco-Roman. These binary academic classifications failed to capture the true complexity of the ancient (or, indeed, modern) Mediterranean. In reality, Fayum portraits are a syncretic form, merging Egyptian and Greco-Roman art and funerary practices. They reflect the cosmopolitanism of both Roman and Egyptian history.

Above: portrait of a man, c.80-100 CE (left); portrait of a bearded officer, sometimes referred to as "Perseus," c.130-175 CE (right)

Above: portrait of a young woman in red, c.90-120 CE

Nearly 1,000 of these portraits are currently known to exist.

Above: portrait of a man wearing a gilded ivy wreath, c.100-150 CE

Above: portrait of a bearded man, c.150-170 CE

Sources & More Info:

Curationist: Fayum Portraits

Harvard Art Museums: Giving the Dead their Due: an Exhibition Re-Examines Funerary Portraits from Roman Egypt

Getty Museum: APPEAR Project

Getty Museum: Faces of Roman Egypt

National Geographic: Ancient Egypt's Stunning, Lifelike Mummy Portraits

The Athens Centre: The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture

Forbes: Whitewashing Ancient Statues: Whiteness, Racism and Color in the Ancient World