Wokeism is Doomed

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Mon May 15 22:17:04 PDT 2023


A clearly nonzero possibility exists that David Barrett, the
woke CEO of expensify.com, has masturbated to Woke Cleopatra.


Netflix Race-Swapped Cleopatra Show Receives Lowest Rating In Rotten
Tomatoes History

Has the race-swapping fad within Hollywood finally hit a brick wall?
Are they going to try to depict historic figures as they really looked
once again, or will they double down?  What is the real purpose behind
this trend that many people are now referring to as "black washing?"

The political left often views history as inconvenient to their
narrative, which is that different societies and ethnic groups should
be homogenized into a single global entity, ostensibly with the same
progressive ideology as they have.  However, until the past century
this has not been the case.  Humanity remains discerning always, and
seeks to group into tribes whenever possible.

Leftists believe that they can rewrite several thousand years of
recorded history through Hollywood magic and con the next generation
into thinking "diversity and inclusion" have always been a thing.  In
fact, it is nearly impossible to get a streaming show or movie
produced these days without filmmakers being forced to follow a list
of ESG requirements and a perfect pie chart of on-screen
representation, even when the places depicted were historically of
only one race.  And, dare we say that it was Netflix that initially
pioneered this woke entertainment trend.

Now it appears that their failure has come full circle with a series
about Cleopatra VII executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith (wife of
the slap-happy Will Smith).  The show, which is part of a project to
showcase black girl-bosses through history, is billed as a serious
docudrama but the depictions of Cleopatra as black are completely
inaccurate.  The public response has not been positive.

Netflix's Queen Cleopatra hit 1% on the Rotten Tomatoes rating
website, a historic low for streaming television.



Attempts to paint the Egyptians as Sub-Saharan African in recent years
tie into a conspiracy theory among leftist activists who believe that
Egypt was actually an ancient black empire that historians have sought
to maliciously "white wash."  In reality, genetic testing shows that
ancient Egyptians were most closely related to the peoples of the Near
East, particularly from the Levant. This is the Eastern Mediterranean
which today includes the countries of Turkey, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,
Syria, and Lebanon.

Cleopatra was Greek/Macedonian, not sub-Saharan African, and there is
no serious debate over this in the historic community.  Multiple
images of Cleopatra from the 1st Century AD have been found, including
frescos which depict Cleopatra as white.



Why not make a television series about actual black ruled kingdoms in
Africa, such as the kingdom of Kush (neighbors to the Egyptians in
today's Northern Sudan), or the Mali Empire?  Probably because these
groups have a limited impact on the annals of world history and that's
not enough for woke Hollywood.  They want Wakanda.  They want Egypt to
be their Wakanda, but it simply isn't so.

Why does it matter if a black actress plays Cleopatra?  Because facts
matter.  While Hollywood has many times taken liberties with history
in past films and shows, the goal should be to improve that pattern
and strive for accuracy instead of going backwards.  And, ultimately
it matters because these kinds of woke productions are propaganda
driven.  These are not changes to history made with the intention to
spice things up for audiences; no, these are changes specifically
designed to lie to the public and condition them to believe things
that are not true.

Black actors are not the problem.  Leftist propaganda is the problem.


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