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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Maahes: [QB] Don't over react. This comment is being taken out of context. The topic was the "black pharaoh" who happens to a recent ancestor of one our tribal clans in the Western Desert. The presupposition that this pharaoh was "black" ignores the historical socio-political issues of the day. Ethnic minorities indigenous to Egypt were obliged to migrate into Abysnnia/Eritrea during the 19th dynasty. These populations became naturalized in what had been Egyptian satellite colonies within Sudan and further South. At the time- the 19th Dynasty- Ramessides were in the process of ethnically cleansing the sepats in much the same manner as the Hyksos. Western Desert Indigene were widely considered Libyan even though we had always lived in the Western Desert. There are truly black people, like the Dinka and truly brown people like the Fur (Darfur). We love and respect these cultures. This is a point I made on the forum I've been quoted from. We appreciate their respective histories and incredible basket weaveing, their pottery, dog and cattle breeds. They were the gold people- the Nuba. Some were even indigenous to Southern Libya. But we are not these people. While we are also purely African, we are RED Africans. We are not identical to the East African ethnic clans with long narrow faces and thin noses and lips like Anwar Sadat, Iman and TutankhAmun. My tribal clan is square jawed and red skinned. Not greater nor lesser just pieces of a whole. It is my opinion that racism is so deeply ingrained in Westerners that one cannot even open dialogue without innocent, well-meaning people becoming emotional and less than objective about the topic. New Issues are born where there aught not be any. While my people came from Dahkhla and Kharga, I was raised in Europe and the USA. On these continents I fully identify myself as an African ethnic who is American as a natiobnality. Most people that look at me in USA assume i am black or mixed race. I have many interactions with American blacks who have a difficult time accepting my claims of being African. They will often insist I must be 'mixed'. I am not anything but one hundred percent African. Last issue, American blacks are not phenotypically black- at least not the majority of the people I know are. Neither are the majority of the Ethiopians I know and visit nor are the Eritreans- I travel these countries year after year. We Africans come in a number of beautiful colours. Black is included. But until you have actually seen a blue black Dinka or a purple black Fur you haven't seen a black skinned person. For that matter, people in Southern India are often if not generally much darker than the average American black and even darker than the average Ethiopian. My original posting was an attempt to get the Egyptofiles to open their minds to the issue that lines on a map do not make race lines. I am an African as are each and every one of my ancestors. I cannot claim to share the exact same evolutionary history as the Dinka or the Fur nor can they claim ours. Nor would either of us- be3cause we have been living side by side for a very long time. If one goes to Siwa in Norhtern Western Egypt or Kharga in Southern Western Egypt they will be delighted to find a peoples - different peoples mind you that are either blue black, purple black, chestnut brown, red brown, ruddy taupe with rusty blonde hair and light eyes- blue black with ice blue eyes- and these ethnic types are generally speaking true to very specific villages. They are not mixing because marriage between tribes or clans is not nor has it ever been commonly accepted. We joke that our own family tree looks like a telephone pole. We treat one another as equals and our children grow up in an environment that celebrates the great diversity of the Sahara's people. We love one another. We trust one another and we have empathy for the respective trials and tribulations of our neighbors. That said, calling an ancient lineage a "black pharaoh's descendants" is inadequate and does not adequately or responsibly describe us. To some what is inferred is that we descendants of Herihor or Taharaqa are illegitimate- and like the Fur (Darfur)we have already expereinced terrible genocides in history. Cultural imperialism has raised its head any number of times over the last several centuries. Our history is an ancient one after all. But my friends, I am African through and through. An African that happens to be very typical ethnically speaking- of Upper Egyptians and Western Desert Indigene in general. Just because I make a point to distinguish the cultural history of the venerable black skinned peoples and I am only speaking very narrowly of indigenous truly black-skinned peoples of Libya, Sudan and Somalia- does not make me an apologist for racism. Open your heart and your mind and celebrate cultural diversity. ww.washingtonpost.com/.../sudan/sudan.htm [/QB][/QUOTE]
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