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[QUOTE]Originally posted by the lioness,: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Amun-Ra The Ultimate: [qb] [b]"Any characterization of race of the ancient Egyptians depends on modern cultural definitions, not on scientific study. Thus, by modern American standards it is reasonable to characterize the Egyptians as "blacks", while acknowledging the scientific evidence for the physical diversity of Africans."[/b] - The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2001) [/qb][/QUOTE]Like it or not the American standard for " blacks" is [b]people with light to dark brown skin and afro hair.[/b] When some body talks about black people in America, they not talking about other dark folk like some Indians, Paksitanis and Arabs. They are talking about people who have afros. This is why somebody like Barack Obama is referred to in America as a black person, even though he is much lighter than his father and is half European genetically. It's the afro hair that is decisive in the American social constuct of blacks. In some parts of Europe a dark skinned Turk with straight hair might be called black. However such people, dark Turks, Indians, South Asians, Pakistanis are not called black in America. Americans call such people "Arabs", "Asians", "brown skinned" or one of the nationalities I just mentioned. The Oxford Encyclopedia says the ancient Egyptians were "blacks" according to the American definition (excluding late period 26 dynasty + ) The American definition of "blacks" (not "black skinned" people but "blacks") is people from light brown to dark brown who have afro type hair. Therefore any mummies you see that seem to have wavy straight hair is due to the ancient Egyptians straightening their hair, if not the mummies are misidentified or tampered with. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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