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Guess Ethiopians looked different back then (lemmy.ml)
submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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Context: princess Andromeda of the perseus myth was from Aethiopia, while it doesn't exactly map to modern Ethiopia, it does literally mean burnt (black) face. So yeah Andromeda was black, despite what most modern western depictions would have you believe.

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[-] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 23 points 4 weeks ago

WHITE = GOOD

NOT WHITE = NOT GOOD

[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

Guess they’ll have to change the saying to “ Go woke, Go $120 million domestic box office”

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 weeks ago

I never associate this myth with Ethiopia lul. Now I see why Andromeda is a gyaru in Fate GO(the closets to black people Japanese creators can illustrate while not been racists as fuck)

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 weeks ago

I mean, we can think both are inaccurate and that it also doesn't really matter, right?

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 6 points 4 weeks ago

I know the picture of Helen is from Nolan's Odyssey, but What's the pic of Andromeda from?

[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 weeks ago

Clash of the titans, 2010 . Was the only version of perseus I could think of.

[-] muzzle@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 weeks ago

Look back, lock back, Andromeda was black!

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