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[QUOTE]Originally posted by supercar: [QB] I have read several threads here and there, but I must say that it appears the race issue repeatedly presents itself whenever the opportunity arises. More often than not, the Ancient Egyptian civilization is approached from a 'phenotypic' view as opposed to a 'cultural' view. This must be insulting to people who don't want AE to go down like that. AE civilization must be recognized as an 'African' civilization, and not boiled down to 'black' or 'white' civilization. To remove 'African' from that ancient culture, is an attempt mostly to disassociate it from Sub-Saharan Africa which is normally viewed as being mainly of 'Negro' race. But African culture goes deeper than phenotype, because believe it or not, AE has traditions that can be found or are known to have taken place in other African cultures. As you can see, when you apply 'phenotype' to this culture, the question of what constitutes being 'black' becomes a drawn out discussion. Some will say that it is simply about 'skin color', and others will say that it is about 'features'. It is well known, even in Africa, that black people come with various facial features, and not simply the stereotypical features. So to even suggest that the someone with a so-called Caucasoid bone structure or facial feature automatically renders him/her 'white' is not only absurd but non-scientific. Equally absurd is the idea that because someone is dark in skin color makes him/her a 'Negro/black' by default, as seen in the case of the Australoid Aborigines. It reduces the world into 'black and white' superficially, and I think the world is much more complicated than that. Another issue is the view that ancient African societies were just a bunch of disconnected and completely scattered tribal groups. A good point that is missed often, is that human history shows continues movements of people. In the process, it is natural that different groups will at some point either interact or come into a conflict. In any case, the groups will influence one another in varying degrees. This would explain some continuity in the diverse cultures on the African continent. One cannot simply state without factual backing that AE was not influenced and was completely isolated from other African peoples. What is now considered Egypt, in terms of the racial makeup, has not always been the case. The same can be said for various African nations, example, west African countries and South Africa. Most people today have the tendency to imagine the ancient world in terms of current world situations. For example, one is deluding oneself by thinking for a minute, what is now called the United States has always been the case. The same can be said for Egypt. Boiling AE down to simply 'black' or 'white' civilization is diminishing the significance of it's 'African' culture. The question now, is what is to be done to stop this degradation and whitewash of a great 'African' civilization. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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