#jada smith
A recent Netflix documentary called Queen Cleopatra has drawn criticism for "blackwashing" one of Egypt’s most famous historical figures, Cleopatra. The trailer for the documentary makes a clear reference to Cleopatra’s skin colour, where one commentator explicitly says, “I don’t care what they tell you in school. Cleopatra was black.” Cleopatra VII Philopathor was the last active ruler of Egypt prior to Roman rule. She is widely known as a Ptolemaic ruler, as a descendant of Ptolemy I Soter, a…
