and people think the black israelites are funny (they are) and weird (they aren't). most people are content with the birthplace of monotheism being this magical place that is far away. but one of my favorite things about american culture is that, actually, america is the holy land.
same thing with afrocentrist conspiracy theorists. remember the white dude on the egypt textbook? or the idea that every big building outside of the west that wasn't built by white people was probably built by aliens. or, actually, white people. see: great zimbabwe.
edit: also civic nationalism. i've had people online ask me what was up with latin americans 'worshipping' old presidents like bolivar. motherfucker ever heard of the mt rushmore hajj.
same thing with afrocentrist conspiracy theorists. remember the white dude on the egypt textbook
That specific thing is inaccurate, still funny tho, and their is whiteifacation of the ancient Egyptians elsewhere
https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2089719-white-egyptian-american-textbook
and people think the black israelites are funny (they are) and weird (they aren't). most people are content with the birthplace of monotheism being this magical place that is far away. but one of my favorite things about american culture is that, actually, america is the holy land.
same thing with afrocentrist conspiracy theorists. remember the white dude on the egypt textbook? or the idea that every big building outside of the west that wasn't built by white people was probably built by aliens. or, actually, white people. see: great zimbabwe.
edit: also civic nationalism. i've had people online ask me what was up with latin americans 'worshipping' old presidents like bolivar. motherfucker ever heard of the mt rushmore hajj.
That's James Pyramid, the inventor of the pyramids.
Pyramid is ancient English for Pyramid.
nothing uniquely american about this shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Israelism
and https://hungarianspectrum.org/2019/01/13/jesus-the-parthian-prince-and-other-nonsense-circulating-in-orbans-hungary/
wait so 'british israelism' and mormonism were, like, happening at the same time wth
AND DID THOSE TEETH IN ANCIENT TIMES WALK UPON ENGLAND'S MOUNTAINS GREEN?
I have discovered a new type of racism. Obscure, ridiculous, and hopefully with zero followers.
That specific thing is inaccurate, still funny tho, and their is whiteifacation of the ancient Egyptians elsewhere https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/2089719-white-egyptian-american-textbook
damn i feel like the world lost a little bit of its magic
While that one instance may be false, I clearly remember my middle school history books as only ever showing pharos as white-passing.