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RoseIsHorriblle
12/21/17 4:50:17 PM
#204:


Villain posted...
Greeks have very dark color skin. It's actually more accurate this way.


http://www.rizopoulospost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1379242.jpg

Is this very dark skin? Are you kidding me? Are you a troll or something?
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FigureOfSpeech
12/21/17 4:55:14 PM
#205:


NINExATExSEVEN posted...
FigureOfSpeech posted...
Are they at least going to make his hair and ankle authentic to the mythology?


Nope. Full afro with high heels that have fish in them.


As a Greek mythology enthusiast, I'm gonna go with slightly approve.
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Kasperia
12/21/17 5:00:28 PM
#206:


What percentage of Greeks are blonde? Just curious.
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FigureOfSpeech
12/21/17 5:01:21 PM
#207:


Kasperia posted...
What percentage of Greeks are blonde? Just curious.


About tree fiddy
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Bishop9800
12/21/17 5:03:30 PM
#208:


FigureOfSpeech posted...
Kasperia posted...
What percentage of Greeks are blonde? Just curious.


About tree fiddy


LOL!
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kuwab0
12/21/17 5:08:27 PM
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bevan306
12/21/17 5:08:33 PM
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EbonTitanium
12/21/17 5:09:41 PM
#211:


Some things can't be answered without a time machine.
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PigRoach
12/21/17 5:12:05 PM
#212:


who gives a **** you ignorant piece of ****?
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Bishop9800
12/21/17 5:16:26 PM
#213:


EbonTitanium posted...
Some things can't be answered without a time machine.


So we will never know if Achilles really did existed?
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Villain
12/21/17 5:24:58 PM
#214:


RoseIsHorriblle posted...
Villain posted...
Greeks have very dark color skin. It's actually more accurate this way.


http://www.rizopoulospost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1379242.jpg

Is this very dark skin? Are you kidding me? Are you a troll or something?


Eh, I live by a diner run by a Greek family. They're definitely darker than the people in your image.
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NINExATExSEVEN
12/21/17 5:25:27 PM
#215:


Villain posted...
Greeks have very dark color skin. It's actually more accurate this way.


Lol no they fucking don't. I visited Greece and they are tan at most. Haven't seen a single person that was even close to a black skin tone.
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RoseIsHorriblle
12/21/17 5:26:04 PM
#216:


Villain posted...
RoseIsHorriblle posted...
Villain posted...
Greeks have very dark color skin. It's actually more accurate this way.


http://www.rizopoulospost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1379242.jpg

Is this very dark skin? Are you kidding me? Are you a troll or something?


Eh, I live by a diner run by a Greek family. They're definitely darker than the people in your image.

Are you stupid? I am literally from Greece.
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Villain
12/21/17 5:34:08 PM
#217:


Wow you're pretty upset chill
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einegutePerson
12/21/17 5:45:30 PM
#218:


RoseIsHorriblle posted...
http://www.rizopoulospost.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/1379242.jpg

Is this very dark skin? Are you kidding me? Are you a troll or something?

They're in an immensely brightly lit stadium, facing the lights, on an obviously touched up pic
Beyond that, if you cannot recognize that the skin tone is darker than Brad Pitt's (it's actually a diff color) and they have different facial features on average vs Pitt... you might have issues lol
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ViewtifulGrave
12/21/17 5:46:54 PM
#219:


tennisdude818 posted...
Well it is BBC after all.

Lol
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Axiom
12/21/17 5:47:48 PM
#220:


So what. Quit being an SJW TC
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Samurontai
12/21/17 5:49:16 PM
#221:


NINExATExSEVEN posted...
Villain posted...
Greeks have very dark color skin. It's actually more accurate this way.


Lol no they fucking don't. I visited Greece and they are tan at most. Haven't seen a single person that was even close to a black skin tone.


Who gives a shit if you've been to Greece

I've been to britain, it doesn't mean I'd be correct in saying they all look like East Asians

Gtfo
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kislev
12/21/17 5:50:18 PM
#222:


Samurontai posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
Villain posted...
Greeks have very dark color skin. It's actually more accurate this way.


Lol no they fucking don't. I visited Greece and they are tan at most. Haven't seen a single person that was even close to a black skin tone.


Who gives a shit if you've been to Greece

I've been to britain, it doesn't mean I'd be correct in saying they all look like East Asians

Gtfo


Are u seriously implying greeks and africans look the same?
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Samurontai
12/21/17 5:51:23 PM
#223:


kislev posted...
Samurontai posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
Villain posted...
Greeks have very dark color skin. It's actually more accurate this way.


Lol no they fucking don't. I visited Greece and they are tan at most. Haven't seen a single person that was even close to a black skin tone.


Who gives a shit if you've been to Greece

I've been to britain, it doesn't mean I'd be correct in saying they all look like East Asians

Gtfo


Are u seriously implying greeks and africans look the same?
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Did I ever say they look the same?

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Nightmare_Luna
12/21/17 5:52:19 PM
#224:


>black people
>ancient greece

pick 1
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Samurontai
12/21/17 5:53:33 PM
#225:


Nightmare_Luna posted...
>black people
>ancient greece

pick 1


>Actually reading the topic

>Arguing against something that nobody is even talking about

Pick one
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dj4242
12/21/17 5:57:11 PM
#226:


ridiculous, will not watch
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mario2000
12/21/17 5:58:06 PM
#227:


Nightmare_Luna posted...
>black people
>ancient greece

pick 1

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/afrg/hd_afrg.htm
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Fishy
12/21/17 6:01:07 PM
#228:


mario2000 posted...

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/afrg/hd_afrg.htm

>all africans
>black
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Cobra1010
12/21/17 6:02:57 PM
#229:


If an Asian played the role the whole Internet would flip out. Because Whites are more racist against Asians than blacks.
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NINExATExSEVEN
12/21/17 6:03:38 PM
#230:


Samurontai posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
Villain posted...
Greeks have very dark color skin. It's actually more accurate this way.


Lol no they fucking don't. I visited Greece and they are tan at most. Haven't seen a single person that was even close to a black skin tone.


Who gives a shit if you've been to Greece

I've been to britain, it doesn't mean I'd be correct in saying they all look like East Asians

Gtfo


Literally find me a couple of ethnic greeks that are not mixed with dark black skin.

Go time starts now.
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Kasperia
12/21/17 6:29:11 PM
#231:


Bump.
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SuperNamekGod
12/21/17 6:37:33 PM
#232:


if white people started claiming mansa musa was white there'd be shitstorms of epic proportions about how the white man is stealing black culture, but when vice versa actually occurs its somehow trolling to get mad about things being portrayed innacurately.
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frozenshock
12/21/17 8:26:15 PM
#233:


SuperNamekGod posted...
if white people started claiming mansa musa was white there'd be shitstorms of epic proportions about how the white man is stealing black culture, but when vice versa actually occurs its somehow trolling to get mad about things being portrayed innacurately.


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Kineth
12/21/17 8:47:25 PM
#234:


SuperNamekGod posted...
if white people started claiming mansa musa was white


I'd be surprised that they had any clue of who Mansa Musa was in the first place.
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Lorenzo_2003
12/21/17 9:20:15 PM
#235:


Achilles is widely regarded as fictional, so a fictional counterpoint example would be better than an actual African ruler.

Use Marvel's Black Panther. If the Black Panther movie opened with a recast of Zach Galifianakis wearing the Panther suit and yelling, "Wakanda forever," people would lose their minds and I honestly believe there would be protests and several riots outside theaters. It wouldn't matter if Galifianakis worked out for a year to look buff and reminded audiences that the character is fictional anyway. Hollywood would burn.
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Offworlder1
12/21/17 9:34:47 PM
#236:


We've had white washing for years, now it seems that black washing is the trend, both are stupid and racist, how about accurate portrayals that are true to the character ?
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Kasperia
12/21/17 10:14:37 PM
#238:


VoightKent posted...
Kasperia posted...
Infinite 2003 posted...
I mean, Brad Pitt didn't really look Greek either but this is far worse


What do you exactly mean by this?

see for yourself: https://www.google.com/search?q=greek+man&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLuoXi0JzYAhWC34MKHbllDCsQ_AUICigB&biw=1909&bih=698


A Google search doesn't really prove anything. Achilles was blonde haired and there are blonde haired Greeks so obviously....
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scorpion41
12/21/17 10:17:57 PM
#239:


The problem is that the only images we have from the period of these people/characters are monochrome colored pictures on pottery or a solid colored statue. So when it comes time to recreate these characters you actually have a lot of leeway when it comes to skin tone. You also have the issue that this is a fictional character. However, I do agree that it was highly unlikely that Achilles would have been dark enough to pass as an African. At the most, he might have looked Middle-Eastern.
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kislev
12/21/17 10:19:30 PM
#240:


VoightKent posted...
Kasperia posted...
Infinite 2003 posted...
I mean, Brad Pitt didn't really look Greek either but this is far worse


What do you exactly mean by this?

see for yourself: https://www.google.com/search?q=greek+man&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLuoXi0JzYAhWC34MKHbllDCsQ_AUICigB&biw=1909&bih=698


They are tanned white guys, nothing about them is african
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Skye Reynolds
12/21/17 10:21:54 PM
#242:


I'm so offended, words just can't explain how much I honestly don't care.
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Mickle88
12/21/17 10:22:27 PM
#243:


This is stupid. A black man can't play Achilles
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ThyCorndog
12/21/17 10:24:39 PM
#244:


CrimsonRage posted...
Ancient Greeks were pretty brown so they'd look closer to an African than to a white guy tbh

ancient greeks and modern greeks look similar. there's been relatively little divergence between ancient greek dna samples and modern day greek dna samples. so I wouldn't go that far
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Kasperia
12/21/17 10:29:15 PM
#245:


Alexander was blonde with one blue eye and one brown eye (heterochromia).
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Bishop9800
12/22/17 1:09:52 AM
#246:


Bishop9800 posted...
frozenshock posted...
Isn't achilles a fictional character?


Yes he was.

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Zero_Destroyer
12/22/17 1:17:35 AM
#247:


fictional character

who gives a shit
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MangaFan462
12/22/17 1:39:28 AM
#248:


That doesn't make sense
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JE19426
12/22/17 3:21:13 AM
#249:


Fishy posted...
>all africans
>black


You didn't even read the article did you?
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RoseIsHorriblle
12/22/17 4:10:28 AM
#250:


Zero_Destroyer posted...
fictional character

who gives a shit

I do you little troll. Stop appropriating my ancestry.
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Kineth
12/22/17 4:15:13 AM
#251:


Amazing that this bullshit racist topic is allowed to exist on this website.
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Bishop9800
12/22/17 5:06:53 AM
#252:


RoseIsHorriblle posted...
Zero_Destroyer posted...
fictional character

who gives a shit

I do you little troll. Stop appropriating my ancestry.


You do know Achilles wasn't real right?
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Zero_Destroyer
12/22/17 5:19:00 AM
#253:


RoseIsHorriblle posted...
Zero_Destroyer posted...
fictional character

who gives a shit

I do you little troll. Stop appropriating my ancestry.


A fictional character is not your ancestry.

The fact that you care this much and are whining this much is more denigrating to your ancestors than a recast of a fictional character could ever be.
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