Paul Mooney on Hollywood racism

[@MrAce-lm8es]

Rest In Peace, The Godfather of Comedy, Paul Mooney.

[@justaloe]

And now when you realize they actually wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman it's clear Paul Mooney was spot on.

[@dehjhunaeday5743]

What in the hell are you kidding me???

[@stephenfdb]

@@dehjhunaeday5743 no. This is the truth. Movie studios already had this played out with Julia Robert’s. Look it up.

[@dehjhunaeday5743]

@@stephenfdb wow smh

[@Kara_Kay_Eschel]

For some reason my mind processed Julia Roberts as Raul Julia.

[@thecodetalker5742]

Yep!!!

[@doaktree]

I love Paul Mooney!! this never get's old!!

[@carriemtsh9648]

There will never be a brave comedian like him, RIP mr Mooney 🙏🏾

[@robertfoster237]

Paul Mooney has that child like honesty know why everytime the child talks honest shit the grown ups get nervous....rest in power King👑👑...

[@kassaundrawillis7926]

"Egypt is not some small village in Sweden!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@KyleAPemberton]

Cleopatra came from the Ptomley dynasty which is Greek so she would actually be Greek.

[@martinvandam8084]

no point reasoning we blacks

[@fabianhale845]

@@KyleAPemberton Indeed.

[@salvatorebeda1299]

@@KyleAPemberton yu sure about pal 😳

[@lisaray8377]

It is always going to be a controversial issue on this subject.. Never ending,because people both black and white, believe what they truly believe what the truth is.. No changing of the mind-sets.. Period the end..

[@jayjohnson7708]

They wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman. Look it up

[@lisaray8377]

OMG!! Yes I read that shit.. I could not believe what I was seeing in black&white..Even though he was joking about Meryl Streep, but it was definitely true about Julia Robert’s.Absolutely Ridiculous!!

[@Joe161964]

🤦🏿🤦🏿🤦🏿....DON'T GET ME STARTED!! I REMEMBER THAT SHT!!

[@lisaray8377]

@@Joe161964 Yes Absolutely Ridiculous!!

[@nosfy]

No fuckin way 🤯 fucking Hollywood

[@fenixofashes8372]

The producer said, “nobody will remember”

[@waynealphonso7069]

"I got naked in the theatre" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tricksgrl2]

Meryl Streep would win an Oscar for it too... lol

[@tamaraharrell5527]

Yep!😆

[@lisaray8377]

lol she would have to portraying a black woman lol 😂

[@numberoath]

She would be absolutely brilliant!

[@blkexcellence6183]

When she freed the first slaves, I got naked in the theatre😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@theach84]

Me too.

[@xfiler-gl7nc]

Paul mooney is a fool😂😂😂. Y'all know he is not lying somewhere they have Meryl thinking she can play Harriet . Lord have mercy. This man here 😂😂🙌🏾🙌🏾.

[@box5bastard277]

true yell

[@pamelamcgill1363]

Go...Ahead....!!!! Man preach...!!! Where can I send Donations....?? Pam

[@ldj7039]

Julia Roberts

[@JEDI7ACEN]

Just came up today, Julia Child was considered for New "Harriet " movie.

[@Tropical442]

R.I.P....GODFATHER of Comedy Paul Mooney 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@meeshobatayeh3413]

True words from a wise man,Paul Mooney is awesome.

[@sticksstones3226]

Fucking hilarious, love this guy, I'm white and have to admit I enjoy a good race joke. He's one of the only ones left, long life to you

[@michaeljackson4538]

L

[@loganmcleod141]

"The white reviews" I'm dead

[@ShocMane]

The make up was absolutely brilliant‼️

[@malikholmes5045]

😂😂😂😂 this nigga is like one of those funny ass uncles, that you're always happy as shit when he comes around🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@PhoenixProdLLC]

"Harriet Tubman! I can't wait for the reviews.!" ROFLMGDAO

[@flukay72]

Paul Mooney again proves prophetic.

[@kwameaboagye940]

Brother Paul Mooney not only is a comedian a script writer and a producer but a scholar too when he tells like it is.

[@LakersDynasty42]

It's a shame Mooney's comedy has fallen off so much lately due to his age. I'd love to hear his take on Zoe Saldana playing Nina Simone.

[@MisstickReis]

say what

[@LakersDynasty42]

+Misstick1000 Reis A lot of people have been saying that he's not the same. Read the reviews that fans have written on Ticket Master.

[@bonchidude]

Unfortunately, Paul Mooney has stage 4 lung cancer. Of course he does not have the same vim as he once used to.

[@agookchild]

He would give Zoe Saldana a pass because he would say Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic have just as much african dna as the rest of the Americas. He said it himself.

[@gregakagreat]

Yeah he's 76 now.

[@historiq.d]

Rip to Mooney! Thanks for stating the truth and making it funny in the process.

[@RBOONE57]

He was on point sad but facts

[@01REYES01]

This is my favorite Paul Mooney show, you have to watch the entire thing. It's hilarious from start to end.

[@cameltoeinspector6015]

whats the name of it?

[@GLAS63]

Paul Mooney Godfather of Comedy

[@janal1206]

Do you have the link and if you do will you send it to me?

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

Lol, if you watch him much, I don't think any jokes on this special are new, it's all old material, doesn't matter that much, all his material was funny. I do wish he came up with new bits rather than repeating the same bits for 40 years.

[@Dodgers_2]

She was absolutely, BRILLIANT!!!! REST IN PEACE OG. Thank you for keeping it real and making us laugh and learn at the same time!!!

[@Blit-X-TVLive]

"SHE"?! 🤨

[@chocodream2314]

I got naked in the theater😂😂😂

[@brandonoliver66]

😂😂😂😂

[@shanenolan085]

Ikr 😂🤣😂 Just read that they really considered Julia Roberts for the role though. He saw it coming lol

[@chocodream2314]

@@shanenolan085 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😊😊😊😊😊

[@r_a_w_g_e_r]

In the thumbnail the light shining on Mr. Mooney's head kinda makes it look like he has the slim shady haircut

[@KatrinaMidgette]

He could’ve been more right and now they talking about Julia Roberts could have played a biopic of Harriet Tubman....You just got a laugh!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@43STEELERS43]

This is the realest shit about History you’ll ever hear.

[@whatsdownisupwhatsupisdown4115]

Nothing he said was real. Egypt was conquered by the Greeks at one point. lol

[@koolpopjones6499]

RIP Legend 🙏🕊️

[@litoiglesias724]

Lmao that whole Meryl Streep white reviews part is one of my favorite Paul jokes

[@flashkorvette5499]

she was def black but paul mooney message is what yall need to listen too

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

acial profiling and manipulation have been around for a very long time. It has become an issue in contemporary politics, and over 2500 years ago the Greek historian Herodotos wrote that ethnicity was regularly turned to political ends. Cleopatra VII, the last queen of Egypt and a woman of great ability, is often a victim of racial profiling, as today people can be more interested in her racial background than her many accomplishments. Such concerns have recently come to the forefront with the announcement that in at least one of the several Cleopatra movies currently planned, a white (instead of black) actress would play the role of the queen. It is hard to imagine that race would be more important than acting ability, but clearly others disagree. It has been suggested - although generally not by credible scholarly sources - that Cleopatra was racially black African. To be blunt, there is absolutely no evidence for this, yet it is one of those issues that seems to take on a life of its own despite all indication to the contrary. What follows lays out the evidence for Cleopatra’s racial ancestry, but one must not forget that this is of little importance in assessing the legacy of the queen in world history. Let us consider exactly the evidence for Cleopatra’s racial background. It’s a little complicated, so do follow closely! She was born in early 69 BC as the descendant of a line of Egyptian kings in a dynasty that went back 250 years. Her ancestor Ptolemy I, a companion of Alexander the Great, founded the dynasty in the late fourth century BC. Ptolemy was Macedonian Greek in origin (he grew up at the royal court of Alexander’s father in Macedonia, the northern part of the Greek peninsula), and established himself as king of Egypt in the convulsive years after Alexander’s death. The descent passed through six successor Ptolemies until it reached Cleopatra’s father. So Cleopatra was no more than eight generations away from being pure Macedonian Greek. Sarah Bernhardt Image Credit: ‘Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) in the role of Cleopatra’, by Georges Jules Victor Clairin (1843 - 1919), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. But what about the mothers? Women are always difficult to find, even in royal dynasties, and it is here that questions of her racial background have been raised. For the first six generations the wives of the ruling Ptolemies also came from the same Macedonian background as their husbands. So until the time of Cleopatra’s great-grandfather, the ethnic makeup of the dynasty was still pure Macedonian Greek. In fact two of her ancestors married their sisters, thus reinforcing the Macedonian ethnicity. It is with Cleopatra’s grandfather that uncertainties develop. Although he had two wives of traditional Macedonian background, he seems to have had at least one concubine of uncertain origin, who may have been Cleopatra’s grandmother. But this is by no means clear, and some sources indicate she was her husband’s sister, and thus pure Macedonian. Assuming, however, that Cleopatra’s grandmother was not from the traditional Macedonian Greek stem, the question arises as to just what she was. Sources suggest that if she was not Macedonian, she was probably Egyptian. So by the time of Cleopatra’s grandparents, there may have been an Egyptian element in the racial stem. Cleopatra’s father also had several wives. One was his sister, but again there is evidence that some of his five children had another mother. Yet the geographer Strabo (one of the few contemporary sources for the life of Cleopatra) wrote that all the wives of her father were women of significant status, which rules out any slaves or concubines, and makes it possible that Cleopatra’s mother was of the traditional Macedonian Greek stock. But this may not have been the case, so one may need to look elsewhere for the ethnic background of Cleopatra’s mother. Yet there is only one other ethnic group that produced women of status in contemporary Egypt: the Egyptian religious elite, which in fact had a long history of intermarriage with the Ptolemaic dynasty. So Cleopatra’s mother may have been Egyptian, but she probably also had some Macedonian background. There are three other matters worthy of consideration. One is that Cleopatra was the only ruler of her dynasty who knew, in addition to her native Greek, the Egyptian language. This suggests close association with an Egyptian speaker, perhaps her mother. Secondly, Cleopatra’s daughter, who became queen of Mauretania (and was mixed ethnically herself, as her father was Roman), honored the Egyptian religious elite at her far-off capital of Mauretanian Caesarea (in modern Algeria). This makes sense if they were part of her ancestral family. And third - especially relevant in demolishing any suggestion that Cleopatra had black African blood - the representations of her in Greek and Roman art and coins do not show anything other than traditional Mediterranean ethnicity, although artists were perfectly capable of showing other ethnic groups. To sum up: it is quite possible that Cleopatra was pure Macedonian Greek. But it is probable that she had some Egyptian blood, although the amount is uncertain. Certainly it was no more than half, and probably less. The best evidence is that she was three-quarters Macedonian Greek and one-quarter Egyptian. There is no room for anything else, certainly not for any black African blood. Yet all this argumentation is rather silly. What is important about Cleopatra is that she became one of the most powerful rulers of her era. She was a skilled linguist, a naval commander, an expert administrator, a religious leader who was seen by some as a messianic figure, and a worthy opponent of the Romans. She was worshipped in Egypt for at over 400 years after her death. Race seems irrelevant in such a situation, and it goes without saying that people should be judged by their abilities, not their race. But sadly, even in twenty-first century America, this is far from the case. It is unlikely that Cleopatra cared about her racial makeup, but people over 2000 years later still obsess about it, thus trivializing her accomplishments.

[@jayjohnson7708]

@@trillrifaxegrindor4411 Race shouldn't matter yet if someone was important they are always depicted as being white. People want the Truth, the whole Truth and nothing but the Truth. Picture Will Smith playing julius caesar. Now do you understand where we are coming from?

[@christiegurganus254]

Needed some Paul. Haven't laughed this hard in a while. :)

[@mutanazublond4391]

That only because you don't own a mirror

[@B1GK1NG]

The Harriet Tubman bit had me dying 😂

[@laloveisbad88]

Cleopatra was BLACK!

[@laloveisbad88]

eazydee415​ Oh lord only part African? I can't with white people. All the African Americans I know are part African so what the fuck are they saying? She's as black as us period. 

[@laloveisbad88]

How TF can you live in Africa and be part African? WTF type of bullshit is that?????

[@malikcorbin9784]

+La Love ahaha right

[@laloveisbad88]

Danish Nadir I so agree with you brother.

[@Thane3999]

There are plenty of races in Africa, just as there is plenty in Asia. Cleopatra was not blakc, eighter semitic or arabian.

[@rahmancooper9716]

The last punchline about naked in the theatre had me laughing until i cried

[@aaronalbert4160]

This is even funnier knowing that they actually wanted Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman. RIP to a legend

[@larrysmith5439]

🤣🤣🤣 i bet spit my coffee when he said that!

[@Andu_music]

Ancient egypt was definitely a north east black african civilization before assyrian, cannaanite and greek invasion. But cleopatra was mixed, by that time ancient egypt was multicultural, many diff ethnicities but this was wayy after all the pyramids, sphinx and other architecture and civilization was already built by black africans

[@fabianhale845]

The Egyptians were diverse people. They’re a North African and near eastern people.

[@Joohnny23]

Paul called the shit, the director came out recently saying an executive suggested American sweetheart Julia Roberts.

[@heshamakasha7949]

I am Nubian too happy to hear it from my king Paul monney . RIP

[@asabry4126]

Julia Roberts. That Hollywood dragged Pretty Woman into it

[@TrinTheGoddess]

"She was absolutely BRILLANT!" 😹😹😹

[@blackkobain4165]

Rip paul mooney man id give my life for him to do a hr special today with all the shit that has been gone on

[@aamirkhan1654]

"I got naked in the the-yeatah" 😂😂😂

[@t.e.burgos3263]

This man was awesome and he always spoke the truth (many of them, uncomfortable truths). I only wish that he had been as honest and truthful about his sexuality as he was about race and racism.

[@tiffany4628]

Look up the clip of what he says about the queen of England. Brilliant!!!

[@janetjohnson6216]

Rest in peace mr. Mooney

[@triumphantqueen3091]

Eternal Peace KING 🙏🏾🎤💯❤️💐

[@debbie12186]

RIP he's telling god the truth.🙏

[@Aarzak]

If he knew that Gal Gadot is gonna play Cleopatra. Rest in peace dear Paul Mooney.

[@mskidi]

Cleopatra was fucking Greek, descendant of the Ptolemies who were rulling over Egypt after Alexander conquered it. She was as Egyptian as George Washington was an Apache

[@whatsdownisupwhatsupisdown4115]

A jew portraying a Greek. I hear ya. lol!

[@ShocMane]

she was PROUD AND ARROGANT ‼️‼️

[@jamesh4426]

Can watch over and over and over......

[@lonniebennett1904]

The absolute Greatest!!!🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@wilmawithers8015]

Still here in 2023. The “GOAT”

[@shanenolan085]

Same 😆 🤣 😂 LEGEND

[@southeastd.c5636]

For the ppl who has watched this entire stand-up show,did you guys realize the white couple who was caught on camera walking out once he started talking about race? As if they didn't know what kind of night they were in for when coming to see Paul's stand-up.......truth,it'll hurt you but it will also heal you

[@owlpercent2045]

It came out recently they actually considered casting Julia Roberts as Harriet Tubman back in the day. Not even kidding. Look it up.

[@oktusprime3637]

Most Egyptians at the time weren't white but Cleopatra wasn't even ethnically Egyptian. She was from the Ptolemaic dynasty which descended from Ptolemy Soter, a friend of Alexander the Great and one of his general. He was Macedonian Greek. In fact, Cleopatra was the first of her lineage to embrace her Egyptian heritage and speak the language. Others before her were a bunch of foreigners who took the throne from their foreign parents. Cleopatra wasn't black at all, come on. And of course, it wasn't a lie. She married her brother who was literally named Ptolemy...after the Greek general.

[@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr]

Obviously, Egyptians are Caucasian and cleopatra was Greek. He was a comedian, not a gd historian.

[@urbnctrl]

You do know before you want to correct information and lecture, make sure youve corrected your own bag of lies first.. this narrative holds no weight.

[@josephwatson9180]

Where can I find this whole stand up on video?

[@alphonsosmith9983]

Yepppp!!! So sad sick but TRUE!!!

[@jasminemonroe5784]

Some of my best friends are black. RIP Paul Mooney you are 1 of a Kind and your honesty will be missed. 💘 💐 🌹 💘 🌹 💐 💐 ❤ ❤😂😂💕

[@beverlyjuniel7386]

Mr.Mooney was so funny baby!

[@judahrise5022]

Paul Mooney called it yrs ago!!!

[@jacquelinebattle7876]

He called it all

[@bossblck6399]

And just a year ago we find out that Hollywood actually begged Julia Robert’s to play Harriet Tubman 🤦‍♂️

[@maryanneg6067]

Hollywood exec wanted julia roberts to play harriet tubman.

[@flash0692]

Rest in power Paul Mooney 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@theindiespotlightphilly]

Lol miss u Paul rip so glad I was able to see you b4 passing

[@KevinMuller5]

I miss this guy so much. Hilarious and called people out on their shit "Some of my best friends are black. I felt like she was my best friend!"

[@felipeparanhos1849]

Cleopatra refered to herself as eastern meditarranean she was not black

[@ramjin609]

Descendant of Ptolemy, a Greek follower of Alexander. Paul was hilarious but not a historian lol

[@danielet5995]

Cleopatra was one of those light skin Egyptians. but def not a European white woman.

[@alexortiz1230]

Wrong!!

[@Riiii93]

And who told you that Daniele. Your history teacher I'm guessing 🙄

[@JimmyKlien1]

She was black not light skinned

[@Riiii93]

@@JimmyKlien1 literally noir! I can't with these people kmt

[@JimmyKlien1]

@@Riiii93 The annoying thing is that I'm African from the Edo tribe of Bini and ohh do we know alot about how African heritage constantly gets stolen, destroyed or bluntly denied. In the end the truth will surface.

[@jamielunes1841]

Would a white woman have a name like Cleopatra!😃😃Think!💣💣💣💣

[@fabianhale845]

Actually you need to think because Kleopatra is a Greek name not a black nor African name. It’s a name of Greek origin.

[@AJ-id2qf]

The great Paul Mooney!

[@davidguf579]

cleopatra was actually a decendent of Ptolemy who was a Macedonian general of Alexander the great so she was in fact of European decent.

[@montanahaze5352]

Sheriff David Clark is Uncle Ruckus

[@omargoodnesssake]

*Actually in a 2019 Washington Post article writer Gregory Allen Howard said that a white Hollywood exec suggested in the 1990s that Julia Roberts should play Harriet Tubman.*

[@chrissybreezy8778]

Egyptians are black n so was cleopatra Paul money ain't afraid 2 tell the truth 😂🔛💡💁🏽🤔😤

[@GUITARTIME2024]

Chrissy Breezy no, most are ARABS. A lot of Egyptians are as white as me (skin color). Get real.

[@bobanjordan7653]

@@GUITARTIME2024 yeah now but thousands of years ago hell no they weren't white like you no matter what you tell yourself

[@Riddimsofcreation]

raleighman3000 Arabs are black arab isn’t a race fool tippu tip can tell you

[@GUITARTIME2024]

@Jonathan Cue who said Egyptians were "white". They were Arabic.

[@jayjohnson7708]

@@GUITARTIME2024 Arab is not a RACE. They mention Arab to try to throw people off. Arab is a culture. And where did the Arab culture start...in Africa

[@iseepisces1915]

IF THIS WAS NOT THE FUNNIEST MAN THAT EVER WALKED THE PLANET!!!! WE ALL KNOW, CHAPPELLE TOO, THIS MAN RIGHT HERE IS THE REAL GOAT OF COMEDY. FUNNIER THAN RICHARD TO ME.

[@mnledesm]

Cleopatra was descended from the Macedonians/Greeks, more specifically from the Ptolemaic (Ptolemy was Alexander's general who became pharaoh of Egypt after the invasion) rulers which invaded Egypt under Alexander the Great, who himself was son of Philip of Macedon. They were European. At the present time, there are still Greek descendants in Egypt, and yes, they are white.

[@Luvie1980]

mnledesm WRONG goodbye dumb WS

[@fabianhale845]

No he’s right.

[@ezekielmajor5511]

White people want her to be white so bad.

[@fabianhale845]

It’s not wanting, it’s just her ancestry.

[@jasonstewart4280]

Paul Mooney 🔥

[@BlueMonk25]

Last Nigga on Earth starring Tom Hanks

[@speakyopeacetv6795]

You know how they talk lol Paul crazy

[@raddastronaut]

Ok. No cleopatra was mostly Greek. Gross looking too. You know who’s a black female? Nut. (Noot). The face of the Devine Mother Nature on the sphinx. Much more important. Many of the engineers who built the pyramids. Black. Paul Mooney one of the funniest men ever. Way more important than cleopatra. 😂. This man had sooooo much talent. Miss you Paul.

[@IronheartvsMiles]

She black

[@GodMode369]

How right Paul Mooney was......Julia Roberts. Can’t make this shit up

[@KyleAPemberton]

Cleopatra came from the Ptomley dynasty which is Greek so she would actually be Greek.

[@isuriadireja91]

Gal Gadot should see this.

[@hiotis75]

She was actually Greek. Look it up.

[@mr.grinch4113]

Jesus was Black as well....... Jesus loves you are very comforting words unless you hear 👂 them in a Mexican Prison.....

[@cameltoeinspector6015]

what is this from?

[@maitreyas.4902]

I think I saw Diamond Dallas Page in the audience.

[@tiffany4628]

The white ppl at 0:32 Stoned face akward silence 😂😂😂😂

[@andregodfrey3022]

Rest EZ GODFATHER OF COMEDIC TRUTH

[@saxenas]

u know meryl watching this video and tossing the script into the trash now lmao

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

Racial profiling and manipulation have been around for a very long time. It has become an issue in contemporary politics, and over 2500 years ago the Greek historian Herodotos wrote that ethnicity was regularly turned to political ends. Cleopatra VII, the last queen of Egypt and a woman of great ability, is often a victim of racial profiling, as today people can be more interested in her racial background than her many accomplishments. Such concerns have recently come to the forefront with the announcement that in at least one of the several Cleopatra movies currently planned, a white (instead of black) actress would play the role of the queen. It is hard to imagine that race would be more important than acting ability, but clearly others disagree. It has been suggested - although generally not by credible scholarly sources - that Cleopatra was racially black African. To be blunt, there is absolutely no evidence for this, yet it is one of those issues that seems to take on a life of its own despite all indication to the contrary. What follows lays out the evidence for Cleopatra’s racial ancestry, but one must not forget that this is of little importance in assessing the legacy of the queen in world history. Let us consider exactly the evidence for Cleopatra’s racial background. It’s a little complicated, so do follow closely! She was born in early 69 BC as the descendant of a line of Egyptian kings in a dynasty that went back 250 years. Her ancestor Ptolemy I, a companion of Alexander the Great, founded the dynasty in the late fourth century BC. Ptolemy was Macedonian Greek in origin (he grew up at the royal court of Alexander’s father in Macedonia, the northern part of the Greek peninsula), and established himself as king of Egypt in the convulsive years after Alexander’s death. The descent passed through six successor Ptolemies until it reached Cleopatra’s father. So Cleopatra was no more than eight generations away from being pure Macedonian Greek. Sarah Bernhardt Image Credit: ‘Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) in the role of Cleopatra’, by Georges Jules Victor Clairin (1843 - 1919), Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons. But what about the mothers? Women are always difficult to find, even in royal dynasties, and it is here that questions of her racial background have been raised. For the first six generations the wives of the ruling Ptolemies also came from the same Macedonian background as their husbands. So until the time of Cleopatra’s great-grandfather, the ethnic makeup of the dynasty was still pure Macedonian Greek. In fact two of her ancestors married their sisters, thus reinforcing the Macedonian ethnicity. It is with Cleopatra’s grandfather that uncertainties develop. Although he had two wives of traditional Macedonian background, he seems to have had at least one concubine of uncertain origin, who may have been Cleopatra’s grandmother. But this is by no means clear, and some sources indicate she was her husband’s sister, and thus pure Macedonian. Assuming, however, that Cleopatra’s grandmother was not from the traditional Macedonian Greek stem, the question arises as to just what she was. Sources suggest that if she was not Macedonian, she was probably Egyptian. So by the time of Cleopatra’s grandparents, there may have been an Egyptian element in the racial stem. Cleopatra’s father also had several wives. One was his sister, but again there is evidence that some of his five children had another mother. Yet the geographer Strabo (one of the few contemporary sources for the life of Cleopatra) wrote that all the wives of her father were women of significant status, which rules out any slaves or concubines, and makes it possible that Cleopatra’s mother was of the traditional Macedonian Greek stock. But this may not have been the case, so one may need to look elsewhere for the ethnic background of Cleopatra’s mother. Yet there is only one other ethnic group that produced women of status in contemporary Egypt: the Egyptian religious elite, which in fact had a long history of intermarriage with the Ptolemaic dynasty. So Cleopatra’s mother may have been Egyptian, but she probably also had some Macedonian background. There are three other matters worthy of consideration. One is that Cleopatra was the only ruler of her dynasty who knew, in addition to her native Greek, the Egyptian language. This suggests close association with an Egyptian speaker, perhaps her mother. Secondly, Cleopatra’s daughter, who became queen of Mauretania (and was mixed ethnically herself, as her father was Roman), honored the Egyptian religious elite at her far-off capital of Mauretanian Caesarea (in modern Algeria). This makes sense if they were part of her ancestral family. And third - especially relevant in demolishing any suggestion that Cleopatra had black African blood - the representations of her in Greek and Roman art and coins do not show anything other than traditional Mediterranean ethnicity, although artists were perfectly capable of showing other ethnic groups. To sum up: it is quite possible that Cleopatra was pure Macedonian Greek. But it is probable that she had some Egyptian blood, although the amount is uncertain. Certainly it was no more than half, and probably less. The best evidence is that she was three-quarters Macedonian Greek and one-quarter Egyptian. There is no room for anything else, certainly not for any black African blood. Yet all this argumentation is rather silly. What is important about Cleopatra is that she became one of the most powerful rulers of her era. She was a skilled linguist, a naval commander, an expert administrator, a religious leader who was seen by some as a messianic figure, and a worthy opponent of the Romans. She was worshipped in Egypt for at over 400 years after her death. Race seems irrelevant in such a situation, and it goes without saying that people should be judged by their abilities, not their race. But sadly, even in twenty-first century America, this is far from the case. It is unlikely that Cleopatra cared about her racial makeup, but people over 2000 years later still obsess about it, thus trivializing her accomplishments.

[@ac4185]

They want 50% of everything because according to them, the world is either black or white.

[@MzCoffee123]

8 Generations ago some of my ancestors were white. Does that mean that I’m white? No. It is highly unlikely that Cleopatra was Greek. She just happened to have Greek ancestry. In addition, if you’re born and raised in Egypt and most of your ancestors were also born and raised in Egypt, then you’re Egyptian, and you absolutely should learn your native language- which would be Egyptian. Knowing Greek would be the outlier in your assessment.

[@miket851]

Cleopatra was Macedonian

[@numberoath]

The Last Nxxxx On Earth starring Tom Hanks.

[@Funkopedia]

Meryl as Harriet would be stupid, but damn, I'd really want to see that

[@CaptianJohnGlanton]

If I see the American Olympic sprinter team, and its five black guys, I don't assume its discrimination, I know maybe those are the fastest guys we have. The best way to solve this problem is a big war. It would be easier then pretending to give a fuck about your feelings.

[@kingdricklamar3704]

What show is this anyone?

[@F150fx2sporT]

It's called Paul Mooney Godfather of Comedy

[@kingdricklamar3704]

+Victor Sanchez Thanks my brother

[@F150fx2sporT]

+Kingdrick Lamar for sure no problem

[@Khultan]

🤣 I'm dying ROTFLMAO 💯💯👈🏾

[@gregtees9995]

I'm afraid cleopatra was not black. she was the grandaughter of Ptolemy. One of alexander the greats generals, very very greek.

[@fabianhale845]

6th great granddaughter, but yes.

[@jonharvey55]

Cleopatra was Macedonian Greek. She was decended from one of Alexander the greats generals. She was born in Alexander, Egypt. The city named after Alexander the great.

[@Luvie1980]

Stop. And what did she do for Greece. Gfy!

[@gov3rnor17]

2:32 D.L. Hughley!!

[@illuddivinus3309]

That’s not him sorry.