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According to Rushton the Ancient Egyptians were not Black
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Dead: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by lamin: [qb] [QUOTE][b]I've always felt "Aethiopian" might have been used for the very darkest Africans, since it literally meant "burnt faces" (as if evoking burnt wood). For example, a Greek might have called this lady an "Aethiopian"[/b][/QUOTE]Can you gives us the exact morphemic etymology of the Greek word "Aethiop"? I doubt it means "black" at all. I strongly suspect it means persons who lived "South of Egypt". Note that the Spanish "negro" and French "negre" are terms used broadly for the generic dark/brown pigmented African. In fact in most African ethnic groups "colours" range from very dark to brown/yellow, some more than others. And even more so in the U.S. where the traditional term "negro" referred to anyone with ostensible African ancestry. [/qb][/QUOTE]It means burnt face: aithó (to burn) and ops (an eye, face). [/QB][/QUOTE]
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