Comments by "Daniel Bradford" (@Falconlibrary) on "Netflix Pushes Cleopatra Conspiracy Theory" video.

  1. My favorite part of this movie is where Marc Anthony sings the Rolling Stones song "Brown Sugar" to Cleopatra before they make sweet love all night long
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  2. I know many black folks who are convinced they are descended from African royalty, i.e., "my ancestors were princes and queens in Africa." Apparently, only the nobility were sold into slavery, no commoners (that's the only way this claim makes sense), and all of the black people living in the US today would be wearing a crown if not for the slave trade. Also, I've spoken with a few, including my hair stylist, who claims that all of Africa would be Wakanda if not for the slave trade, a super high-tech utopia. I'm not sure how a continent that was many centuries behind Europe in technological development at the start of the Transatlantic slave trade would've managed this great leap forward, but let's not quibble about logic and facts. I'm not sure why black Americans feel the need to indulge in substituting fanciful myths for actual history. It used to be that black people were proud that they'd remained strong through so many centuries of hardship, and felt no need to embellish or embroider the past. This mythologizing just makes anyone who believes in it look foolish and weak. Black people don't need to do this to feel proud of their own history, culture, and accomplishments, because their real history should be a source of pride.
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