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Igel

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10. Mermaids were local.

Reply to OrangeJoe (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 19, 2022, 06:37 PM

Sep 2022

And predated the Atlantic slave trade by 4600 years.

Babylonian, European, African, East Asian mermaids were all locally skin-toned.

Yes, mermaids were black. But not *all* mermaids were black. "There exists X in the set Y" is one thing; "All X are in the set Y" is quite another. It's highly unlikely that Homer's sirens were deemed black by those who read Greek when digammas were in widespread use.

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You can't just change the character's race [View all] Major Nikon Sep 2022 OP

Can we also just marvel at the batshit craziness TDale313 Sep 2022 #1

Slave trade OrangeJoe Sep 2022 #8

Mermaids were local. Igel Sep 2022 #10

OK OrangeJoe Sep 2022 #11

What color/race/ethnicity was Jesus? keithbvadu2 Sep 2022 #2

Not really BWdem4life Sep 2022 #4

The white Jesus fans aren't too big on history Major Nikon Sep 2022 #6

oh, snap. nt BWdem4life Sep 2022 #3

And if he had been a waspy-looking dude... Girard442 Sep 2022 #5

Jesus would have had to wait until the gentleman was finished. Marcuse Sep 2022 #7

Yeah, but ... Martin Eden Sep 2022 #9