“Every day Present” correspondent Dulcé Sloan kicked off her week as host with a take a look at Egypt’s grievance a couple of Netflix sequence by which a Black actor was forged to play Cleopatra.
Egypt‘s Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities mentioned in a press release that Cleopatra was of Greek descent and had “white pores and skin and Hellenistic traits.”
“Oh, OK. Egypt is worried about ‘historic accuracy,’” Sloan mentioned, full with air quotes. “I didn’t hear you complain when all of the ‘Mummy’ films got here out. We acquired mummies getting back from the useless, chasing Brendan Fraser, and y’all don’t have an issue, after which a Black lady performs Cleopatra and abruptly it’s like, ‘That didn’t occur! That didn’t occur!’”
However she additionally proposed an answer.
“OK, you possibly can have Cleopatra,” she mentioned. “However then we get Jesus. I imply, it’s solely truthful. Everyone knows Jesus was Black as a result of he was discovered responsible in court docket ― and he did nothing improper.”
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