Flying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 4 days agoMedieval European painters never saw anyone with dark skin, therefore Africans were white.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up183arrow-down1imageMedieval European painters never saw anyone with dark skin, therefore Africans were white.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square13fedilinkfile-text
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠linkfedilinkarrow-up12·4 days agoBlack people were afaik more commonly seen in Europe than one might think. Still, it wouldn’t surprise me if they assumed that other kings must also be white, or that they assumed the racial makeup of this faraway realms was similar to their own.
Black people were afaik more commonly seen in Europe than one might think.
Still, it wouldn’t surprise me if they assumed that other kings must also be white, or that they assumed the racial makeup of this faraway realms was similar to their own.