Author: Leah Himmelhoch
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Were Ancient Greeks and Romans ‘White’?
(Image above: a marble bust of Memnon, an ‘Ethiopian’ (what we would call ‘black’) student & adopted son of Herodes Atticus. From Atticus’ Villa (Arcadia, Greece). 1st c. CE. Currently in the Staatliches Museum, Berlin. SK-1503. (CC-BY-SA-4.0). In movies, tv, and other media, ancient Greeks and Romans are regularly portrayed as ‘white’ people. But were
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Why the label ‘Western Civilization’ is a problem…
and we should stop using it as if it describes something real. We are all familiar with the expression ‘Western civilization.’ It regularly appears in textbooks, the media, and political debates to describe the distinctive cultural pedigree of Europe and the US (along with Europe’s other former colonies) as heirs to the cultures and ideas
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