[ Thread ]

Short and easy falsification of the silliest post ever.

#BlackHistoryMonth

⬇️ https://twitter.com/amnesty/status/1356291978225459202
[ American History ]

A) Indians trade 90-lb packs of furs at a Hudson's Bay Company trading post in the 1800's, Harry Ogden.

B) Baptism of Pocahontas 1613, Chapman.

( Not black )
[ Guyanese History ]

A) Arawak woman by John Gabriel Stedman, wearing a loin cloth of woven beads, 1818.

B) One of the tests to become a chief of an Amazonian tribe, probably Kali'na, 18th century.

( Not black )
[ British History ]

A) The Bayeux Tapestry, chronicling the English/Norman battle in 1066 which led to the Norman Conquest. Alipaiman, 11th century

B) Elizabeth I of England, 1570s

( Not black )
[ Ethiopian History ]

A) Representation of Negus Lalibela, 15th century

B) Yagbea Sion Battling the sultan of Ada, 15th century

( Not black )
[ Egyptian History ]

A) From right to left an Egyptian, an Assyrian, a Nubian, and Libyans.
Seti I king’s tomb

B) 3D Reconstitution of Toutankhamon, BBC

( Not black )
[ Malaysian History ]

A) A portrait of Parameswara (also known as Sultan Iskandar Shah, 1344–1414, L Joo.

( Not black )
[ Canadian History ]

A) The Death of General Wolfe, Benjamin West, 1770.

B) 1578 illustration believed to show Kalicho (left), and Arnaq and Nutaaq (right).

( Not black )
[ Nigerian History ]

A) City of Benin 1686 Dapper Olfert

B) Nok sculpture

( Congrats ! The only one that isn’t false )
[ Indian History ]

A) Bahadur Shah II of India, 1850.

B) Muhammad Tughlak orders his brass coins to pass for silver, A.D. 1330.

( Not black )
[ Brazilian History ]

A) A Guaraní family captured by slave hunters. By Jean Baptiste Debret, 1830.

B) A Tamoio warrior depicted by Jean-Baptiste Debret in the early 19th century.

( Not black )
[ Moroccan History ]

A) Representation of Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada XIIIe siècle

B) Abdelwahad ibn Messaoud, 1600

( Not black )
[ Spanish History ]

A) Miniature (c. 1118) from the archives of Oviedo Cathedral showing Alfonso III

B) Detail of portrait of queen Petronila of Aragon and count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona, 1634.

( Not black )
In conclusion, the world is absolutely not black history.

We all have the responsibility to protect our identity against these propagandist accounts

« A generation which ignores history has no past and no future »

- Robert Heinlein

#SayNoToHistoricalAppropriation

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