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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Kabyle Berber: [QB] [QUOTE]How I became interested in this topic, somewhere in the 90's I was at the library in Rotterdam, Holland, roaming around, picking up books to read as I did often. When I saw this coffee table book on Egyptology. It had large colorful images. With pictures of people who appeard black to me. I was like in my early teens, a grown woman was also in the section of history books, as she looked at me, looked at the pictures on the page of that book, then smiled at me. At that same time an elderly man, about 60 years old entered the section, also looked at what I was reading, but gave this hateful look full of anger and envy. It was an odd and confusing experience. Later that day, I went to my cousin and older nice, looked at my her and told her about my experience and how much she looked like those females depicted, with almond shaped eyes. Her skin tone is what we call caramel, while mine is what we call chocolate. We are both being considered black in this society. Now, some of the things I learned here while being on Egyptsearch as I learned on the topic. Are things like prognathism and other biological "affinities" members here spoke about, this from both parties. Before this time I never looked at people (in general) like this. This even confuses me more, because some of my family has prognathism, others slightly and others have none. This goes across all color barriers we have, as well as hair texture. But in society we are all looked at as blacks. Yet, when it comes to the topic of Egypt. ... When I was in Egypt people considered me local, ever since my arrival at Hurghada, as did "whites" who were traveling along the same route. [/QUOTE]Rather lame. By the same logic, an Englishman can attach himself to Balto-Slavic or Scandinavian history or culture -thousands of miles away-, just because these peoples trivially share pale-pink/white skin. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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