I have encountered many black Americans who subscribe to a set of ideas about the "real history" of Africa.
Now I may be conflating a lot of different groups and ideas within this underground movement. I've heard white people being called "albinos", various leaders throughout history being actually black, and some bizarre obsession with ancient Egypt.
Apparently the founders of today's major world religions were also black (don't know how they could know that), and since we all came out of Africa, we are all descendants of "blacks" (here it sounds like they're inserting modern notions of race into the distant past).
They almost always have a conspiracy theorist undertone to them, plus a pinch of insecurity. I was thinking the history buffs here could shed some light on this madness.
Now I may be conflating a lot of different groups and ideas within this underground movement. I've heard white people being called "albinos", various leaders throughout history being actually black, and some bizarre obsession with ancient Egypt.
Apparently the founders of today's major world religions were also black (don't know how they could know that), and since we all came out of Africa, we are all descendants of "blacks" (here it sounds like they're inserting modern notions of race into the distant past).
They almost always have a conspiracy theorist undertone to them, plus a pinch of insecurity. I was thinking the history buffs here could shed some light on this madness.
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