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giantkillerjack · 2 years ago

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People are so shocked that Black folks existed in ancient Rome like my dudes Italy is like 10 feet away from Africa some of it was literally part of the Roman empire don't make me google maps this for you

#they also didn't have the same kind of racism we have in america despite also relying heavily on slave labor #so people of color could be in high social classes and political positions #original #rome sucked but it did have diversity #roman history #ancient rome #the fact that tv and film represent history as monochromatic is because racism.#poc weren't like. invented in the 1980s and neither were lgbt people. time is not a linear progression towards a better world.#hollywood has always been racist and american racism is way worse than the racism of the romans tbh #pretending we are de facto less prejudiced than our ancestors is a mistake.#our society is in many ways less progressive than a lot of ancient cultures #also persian and middle eastern people would have been part of the roman empire at points #most roman slaves were from modern day spain and france if I'm not mistaken #again it was a shitty society that relied on imperialism and slavery #but complaints about 'forced diversity' in historical drama are just modern racism #Carthage #ancient Egypt #edit: that said if someone were to tell me that colorism WAS rampant all throughout the history of ancient rome i would be ZERO % shocked #get FUCKED ancient roman culture!#yeah i said it. what are they gonna do? delenda me? YOOOOOOOO #ancient rome was PROBLEMATIC #HOT TAKES FROM JACK ALERT

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