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We Wuz ShakeASpear and Sheeeiiiitttt (i.imgflip.com)
posted 4 years ago by Lord_Nekro 4 years ago by Lord_Nekro +115 / -0
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– JiggsawCalrissian 57 points 4 years ago +57 / -0

When they cannot dismantle the accomplishment they instead try to commandeer it

A "cultural appropriation" if you will

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– KekistanPM 21 points 4 years ago +21 / -0

In the end all they have to do is print history books that say Shakespeare and Beethoven and Egyptian kings were all black. They can literally make it all up. Anyone who questions it must be a racist and will get black balled from their respective field.

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– Knife-TotingRat 13 points 4 years ago +13 / -0

Don't forget all the Chinese emperors and Indian khans ... oh, wait ...

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– AnotherSchwarzesMark 10 points 4 years ago +10 / -0

There's actually talks in the German speaking press of digging up Beethoven to get some DNA to check if he was black or not, I shit you not. Absolutely retarded, and that by a black musician who sang songs akin to Michael Jacksons black or white. They want another "role model", I wonder how they would've reacted if the nazis dug him up to see how Aryan he was, lol.

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– Hyponoeo 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

If they did, I don't care what the DNA actually says... somehow they would find "similarities enough" to call him black.

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– AnotherSchwarzesMark 3 points 4 years ago +3 / -0

Exactly, you cannot believe any shit they say so if he's proven to be 100% white they'll say there are uncertainties and claim he was partially black. if it's a 1 in 1024th black they'll claim him black so either way he's gonna be black in their eyes.

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– CanuckElhead 38 points 4 years ago +38 / -0

I remember when sir Francis bacon was Shakespeare because no way some.fucking peasant could write these days, that'd mean some filthy commoner was showing up our best and brightest!

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– TentElephant 20 points 4 years ago +20 / -0

Francis Bacon was probably chosen to give Science™ credit for all the good things as opposed to aristocracy.

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– Hyponoeo 3 points 4 years ago +3 / -0

Yeah, I know there are all these theories that Shakespeare never wrote anything.... and seriously it always seems to amount to some argument like this.... he was just some common moron how could he be so brilliant lol...

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– DigialDude 35 points 4 years ago +35 / -0

I know that there are a few theories around the idea Shakespeare didn't write the plays attributed to him, but they were mainly aristocrats or men of high office.

How high do you have to be to pull this one out your ass?

Edit: According to Wikipedia (yes, I know) She's an Italian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_Lanier

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– cartoonericroberts 33 points 4 years ago +33 / -0

Already the idea that Shakespeare didn't author his plays is fringe. Then among anti-Stratfordians Amelia Bassano as the true author is fringe and seems to only gain traction because she's a woman (and possibly a Jew). And then among those who believe Amelia Bassano is an author the idea that she's black is fringe and only accepted because uh- kangz. This is fringe three times over.

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– JustHereForTheSalmon 17 points 4 years ago +17 / -0

But suggesting mRNA treatments might not be as safe as the talking heads say it is is DA REAL NUTBALL CONSPIRACY THEORY

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– bootsy_two_scoops 6 points 4 years ago +6 / -0

It’s easy for me to believe that William Shakespeare didn’t write every word of every Shakespeare play, just like Walt Disney didn’t animate every Disney movie by himself.

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– NataliePortmanteau 6 points 4 years ago +6 / -0

Exactly. I think people misinterpreted his name being on the folio as the author, instead of the producer (which he was).

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– cartoonericroberts 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

That's an odd comparison.

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– SheriffOfNottingham 27 points 4 years ago +27 / -0

Yes and i'm a nigerian prince.

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– BulbasaurusThe7th 20 points 4 years ago +20 / -0

And now on BBC, a Nigerian BIPOC POC brownie can be the sheriff on Nottingham and you were the bestest choice.

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– SheriffOfNottingham 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

The truth finally comes out! This is a historic day for BIPOC's everywhere

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– deleted 13 points 4 years ago +13 / -0
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– Ahaus667 22 points 4 years ago +22 / -0

I mean it makes sense,

Shakespeare

Shakespear

Shake Spear

Spear Chucker

Must’ve been black

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– BidenLikesMiners 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

so eddie murphy is a gg'er, im surprised... welcome to kia, eddie.

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– NataliePortmanteau 11 points 4 years ago +11 / -0
  1. Bassano was English-Italian. Mediterranean, not black.
  2. That isn't a painting of Bassano but some random Moor (which she was not).
  3. Outside of wild fringe theorists, there is no strong argument (or proof) that Bassano had anything to do with Shakespeare's plays.

But clickbait gotta clickbait and it's not like anyone is fact-checking leftist propaganda online. All most retarded people that see this will walk away with is thinking, "Duuuuh oppressed black lady 600 years ago wrote arguably the greatest literary works in history!!!! We was kangz!"

It's all so tiresome.

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– reidj 10 points 4 years ago +10 / -0

I read a book a while back called Color: A Natural History. The author mentions one of the pigments used for skin tones by certain artists darkens over time. Note how the highlights are too light to match the rest of her face. This is closer to her original skin color. It's understandable why someone would think that she's black at first glance, but its based on ignorance.

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– cartoonericroberts 12 points 4 years ago +12 / -0

That's not even a painting of Bassano. It's Portrait of a Moorish Woman after Paulo Veronese.

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– Smith1980 8 points 4 years ago +8 / -0

I’ve heard the Francis Bacon theory but I’ve been a Shakespeare fan since early teens (my mom had us read his works, and thankfully she wasn’t upset by dead white male authors) and I’ve NEVER heard of this.

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– 5Cats 8 points 4 years ago +8 / -0

You have got to be kidding me, this has to be a joke/parody 😋

Nope, it's actually a pretty solid case Go figure!

She didn't "die in poverty" she live a hell of a glamourous life, she also published her own book of poetry too.

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– NataliePortmanteau 5 points 4 years ago +5 / -0

In no way was that a convincing article or argument.

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– Hyponoeo 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

Yeah, when even Snopes rates this thing as a hard false, when you SO know they would give anything for it to be true.... yeah it is false.

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– Knife-TotingRat 7 points 4 years ago +7 / -0

Sure. And Emperor Chin and the Buddha were blacker'n the ace of spades, too.

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– MonkeysUncle3 7 points 4 years ago +7 / -0

Shakespeare-Chucker

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– fourleaved 7 points 4 years ago +7 / -0

Amelia Bassano was Italian-English. Mediterranean at the darkest

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– Skywise 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

But make sure you're the right shade of black!

https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/10/07/netflix-accused-of-light-washing-after-casting-zazie-beetz-as-historical-figure-stagecoach-mary-in-the-harder-they-fall/

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– cunterbiden 4 points 4 years ago +4 / -0

Lmaaaoooooo.

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– Hyponoeo 2 points 4 years ago +2 / -0

Even Snopes rated this one as False. It even states how she wasn't even black. So this person they want to be black and have written Shakespeare, even if she DID write all of Shakespeare's plays, it still wasn't a black person....

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– KekistanPM 8 points 4 years ago +8 / -0

It's (current year). We don't need sources anymore, all we have to do is pound on the table really hard until the other side relents.

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– deleted 1 point 4 years ago +1 / -0

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