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Ive become increasingly aware of a seemingly conscious effort to keep Black Africans out of history (Usually Black African history is shown in a negative light). When it comes to Movies, Textbooks, and (recently from my observation) video games we are continually left out it seems. (not saying we are completely absent)
The reason I bring this up is because, taking a break from all my hard work this semester I wanted to drown in nothingness all summer by indulging in video games. I took a look at Age of Empires and I noticed that just about every civilization was present in at least one of the series expect Black African Empires. Maybe I missed something but it just seemed to flow very nicely with my recent observations, alluding to the validity of my claim. Question: Do any of you guys (mostly Black Africans) believe that there is a conscious effort to denigrate and downplay Black African culture and civilization and its contributions in today's society? Or Am I just extremely gifted in paranoia? My Opinion: I believe in the past it was definitely a conscious effort but today I think its been reinforced so many times that it has become second nature. I honestly believe people know more about space than they do about Africa...Let alone Black Africa...I wish i were joking ![]() |
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I think the Roman Empire was of the few who had influenced the world through expansion the most, I don't see empires such as the Chinese one making changes to humanity for example. East Asians are humans TOO ![]() |
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The few Negroid empires that existed were late in history (as opposed to the classical era of empires). Moreover, they had no real influence in the world and aside from a few Negro tribes here and there, they did not really change the lives of many people. Probably why they're not included. Can we really ignore the Nubians...they were well known for their Archers. Even the Egyptians called their territory TA-Seti (Land of the Bow) ---------- Post added 2012-05-12 at 02:36 ---------- I would like to play those games, I want to know how it is to control an empire. |
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You'd feel powerfull. ![]() |
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Yeah I didnt notice till recently either...I would love to know if that expansion really exists. I here rumors that Age of Empires IV will have Egyptians but I'm assuming thats as far as they will go into Africa |
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