Netflix Is Rewriting History.

Netflix is dropping a new docuseries about the life of Cleopatra. And although it's a docuseries, Cleopatra does not resemble her Macedonian roots. Also, Jada Pinkett Smith is the executive producer. Let's talk about it.

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[ThsBehaviorsNtUnique]

I love how she says "my grandmother told me", as if Cleopatra lived 100 years ago when her grandmother was around 😂

[ahmedbbadran]

As an Egyptian, thank you for defending history against blackwashing

[jrobs]

I did an undergraduate degree in History, and I don't think that using my Grandmother as a source would have been academically acceptable.

[XJustAboyX]

So lemme get this straight, they made a documentary based on what her grandma told her?

[batmanforpresident]

Saying Cleopatra was a black woman is like saying Jada Pinkett Smith is a loving wife.

[amrsalm]

Thank you, Brett, for discussing this. As an Egyptian man, I want to talk about something other than the Queen Cleopatra movie, as I believe it is merely one small side of Afrocentrism. The history of Egypt has been the subject of manipulated pseudohistory. Although Egyptians, since the time of the pharaohs, have ranged from light brown to dark brown skin (sometimes pale), the idea that we were a monoracial group is absurd and harmful. Even darker-skinned Egyptians are distinctly different from Sub-Saharan Africans, and rightfully so, since we have the biggest natural barrier between us lol. Our language, Coptic, has survived and even influenced our Egyptian-Arabic dialect. Our celebrations, like Sham Ennessim, have endured for thousands of years. Egyptians, whether dark-skinned or light-skinned, are Egyptians, and nobody can claim our history other than ourselves. It is absolutely terrible that our history is being pulled into woke cultural wars.

[zhshsG]

As a Greek, thank you for defending our and Egypt's history. These people think they can trespass on anyone's rights to support their fantasies.

[Kostas-kppq]

Cleopatra was Greek, descendant of Ptolemy who was one of Alexander's generals . Her name in Greek means "glory of the fatherland"

[ShootingStarStudio]

My grandmother told me "I don't care what they tell you in school, the Moon is actually a spaceship."
*Girl, be for real.*

[abdelhamidmetwally]

It should be noted that in Egypt, people were equally angry about a blonde actor playing an Egyptian Pharoh in a local TV series and that series was cancelled. For a lot of us Egyptians, this isn't about hatred towards blondes or blacks, but about making sure our history is accurately represented.

[glubglub]

Im Greek and Arab and its very annoying to see our accomplishments get stolen. Both Greeks and Arabs have given the world so much in sciences, religion, culture, medicine, technology and more and its just rude to claim credit for what you have not done.

[sarahasdfg]

As an egyptian I just want to say a few things. 1. A documentary is meant to be historically accurate and Cleopatra was macedonian greek...its not complicated. 2. African americans have been attacking modern day egyptians for years calling us invaders and colonizers which is incredibly racist and offensive. 3. Egypt does not adhere to americans standarda on race. In america you have 2 races. White and non white, which is absolutely ridiculous and not how most people in the world identify. Egypt is made up of many colors and we are all egyptians in this beautiful melting pot but genetic studies have been done and have shown that most modern day egyptians carry gene e-m78 which is native to north east africa. Also no offense but most americans are not historically aware and have no idea what egyptian history is even about. Its not that egyptians hate that she is black..its that they hate the lies and the inaccuracy and also did make a big fuss about the Gods of egypt movie that was all white actors as well as when Elizabeth taylor played her. Egypt is for egyptians alone.

[youssefalbadry]

As an Egyptian I can’t believe the gall on the woman who just said cleopatra was black with such confidence. Like who do you think you are 🤦‍♂️

[HistoryfortheAges]

I have been a History professor for 25 years, and it still amazes me how much people still don't know she was Greek!

[rahmasallam]

As an Egyptian woman, Thank you Brett for discussing this. It's just disgusting, and an insult to the Egyptian people.

[DavidStruveDesigns]

Denying her Greek heritage also takes away a huge chunk of _why_ her story is so amazing, momentous and remembered to this day. It wasn't just that she was a fearsome and strong female leader. It was that she was a foreigner, who through that strength and determination as well as her beauty, intelligence and the fact she was the _only_ known Egyptian leader to actually speak to her people's in _all_ of their spoken languages at the time (Egypt had mnay different languages present and she could speak them all. 10 languages in total) made an entire country fall in love with her and accept her as their Queen. Honestly the more you learn about her, the more impressive a woman - a human being even - she becomes. Aside from marrying her younger brother, but we can overlook that since it was political as well as fairly common in those times for members of higher society. And a big part of what made her so impressive _was_ that she was Greek, not Egyptian.

[olivrose]

Jada pinkett smith gets under my skin unlike any other celebrity. She is so frustratingly entitled

[srji]

Even if you claim that Cleopatra was Egyptian (which is not historically accurate), most Egyptians are not "black" even though Egypt is in Africa. They have more of a middle eastern look.

[hossamahmed]

I am Egyptian and I feel disgusted by the blatant falsification of history

[ELO]

As a Persian, I would like to say all the love to the people of Egypt, the Arabs and the Copts. We have a long history with each other, a history full of love, battles, science, inventions and achievements 🤍