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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sunstorm2004: [QB] XicanConnection wrote: [b]Black people are trying to decieve us.... This is deception and trickery![/b] Regarding the Olmec heads, black people (those who even care) are involved in speculation, based on the peculiar features of the heads... "Deception and trickery" are strong words. Even your post quotes "This [b]theory[/b] has spread widely in the African-American community..." Whether Van Sertima is on target or off base is no reflection on black people. To consider it such suggests the motives behind your arguments to be something other than getting at the truth... [b]If we place an Indigenous picture next to the Olmec head we without a doubt can prove that we look the same as the Olmecs and therefore indigenous people are Olmec.[/b] It would be interesting to see such a picture. Could you link to some? [b]You have black males shaving their African hair or wearing hats so they don't show their distinction from other people.[/b] Black men have been shaving their heads since time immemorial. African tribesmen shaved their heads, many Kemetans shaved their heads, people in other cultures shaved their heads (including some guys you know). Modern africans shave their heads. ...To fit in with who?? (...and "wearing hats"? [IMG]http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/rolleyes.gif[/IMG] ) It's "racist" to think you know others so well as to be so sure of their motives like that (unless you've heard a helluva lot of black guys [b]state[/b] that this is the reason they shave their heads??) (...and wear hats... [IMG]http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/rolleyes.gif[/IMG] ) What's more, bad guesses as to someone's motives are more often a clue to the values of the person *judging* rather than the one in the spotlight... [b]You have black women straightening their hair trying to look indigenous.[/b] Sure, even the ones in Africa! (They must've seen pictures of indigenous people... [IMG]http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/smile.gif[/IMG] ) -- [b] In fact, there is no known black African culture that produced colossal, naturalistic stone sculptures like the Olmec Heads. [/b] That's a whole other argument. (Jeesh!) -- [b]Even worse, such theories suggest superiority. To suggest that someone traveled to the New World and created these monuments is to imply that the natives themselves were not capable of making great artworks -- that someone had to "make it for them," or at the very least, "show them how to make it." This is inherently, if not openly, racist.[/b] ...Yet you aren't troubled by the fact that everyone thinks there had to have been a "land bridge" to get you to the americas,(an idea now in controversy, I think) -- while other folks had the brains & will to come by sea? [IMG]http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/rolleyes.gif[/IMG] --- By the way, good posts, Rasol. I can't say whether I believe that there was contact or not, but I do know it's an interesting topic... I try to keep an open mind, which is why I'd definitely be interested in seeing those pictures, XicanConnection... (...and while you're at it, tell me what's a "malinche" & I'll tell you if I've ever slept with one... [IMG]http://www.egyptsearch.com/forums/smile.gif[/IMG] ) [This message has been edited by sunstorm2004 (edited 18 July 2004).] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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