Anonymous
asked:
Historical accuracy debate aside, white people get to whitewash every culture but God Forbid black people imagine themselves as Egyptians? Don't pretend to care about denying modern Egyptians their heritage, you know that's not what it's about.
answered:
why the egyptians and not, say, the aksumites.. songhai, the malian empire or great zimbabwe? nubia, even..
There’s a rich history of dynasties and great empires throughouit that continent but why is there a particular focus on egypt?
There are many amazing societies and civilizations that never get the appreciation and attention they deserve because egypt constantly gets white and black washed.
Self-perpetuating cycle, is it not?
No one learns about those empires in school, so they fight over Egypt instead. So, spending political will fighting over Egypt, they don’t go back and put them in the school curriculum.