Black Athena
by Martin Bernal · first published 1987
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…and her race became heated after the Netflix series had a Black actress (Adele James) depict her. One interesting way to delve into this debate is to examine an earlier debate on the controversial book Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Athena)
on “Cleopatra's Daughter (2018)” ↗…constitutional democratic governance are at the root of authoritarianism and imperialism. The tendency to diminish the accomplishment of the Greeks was much more a thing in popularizing literature (things like Black Athena) than serious academic work. So it depends a lot on the department (and the prof.), and on the type of work they were doing. Oldest Dead White European Males was also the title of a book by Bernard…
on “Why we should all learn from the ancient Greeks” ↗