[Psycho_Bunny]

You’d think the row would be over the making of another stupid Cleopatra movie.

[Dallas59]

1,800-year-old Egyptian Portrait

1,800-year-old Egyptian Portraits on show at Tokyo's Louvre-DNP Project

[libertarian27]

Who do they want?
Queen Latifah.....

[Grizzled Bear]

The new film's producer, Scott Rudin, previously told USA Today the role is being developed with Angelina in mind as she has 'the perfect look'.

What's Mr Rudin's opinion on the black actor cast to portra "Thor?"

[anniegetyourgun]

Then they won’t call me a racist if I don’t appreciate black Madonna & child depictions?

[autumnraine]

So I am not sure what Cleopatra’s race was, but while searching I found out Carol Channing’s father was black. That kind of blew me away!

[oblomov]

I thought Cleopatra was fair skinned, most likely with hazel eyes and light brown or blond hair, like the Athenian Greeks of the day. There was a wide variation in skin tone throughout the Greek Empire, ranging from the very fair-skinned Athenians to bronze-skinned northern Africans. Although the slaves in Egypt may have been darker skinned, not many were “black”, i.e. Nubian, Khoikhoi, or San. The Ptolemaic ruling class was Greek in origin.

[ladyvet]

Make no mistake you white racist crackers....

[Not A Snowbird]

She also has 3 other children with partner, Brad Pitt. Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 2.

Hmm. Maddox, Pax, Knox, Vivienne... that's four children, not three.

[mom3boys]

"the role should of been played by"

Ugh! One of my pet peeves! This is written by a journalist?
It should HAVE said: "the role should HAVE been played by..."

You would think a paid journalist would know simple grammar!! And English isn't even MY first language!

[ReneeLynn]

‘Honestly, I don’t care how full Angelina Jolie’s lips are, how many African children she adopts, or how bronzed her skin will become for the film, I firmly believe this role should have gone to a black woman.’

Holy moly, how racist can you get? That is just an outrageous statement.

[denydenydeny]

An Essence Magazine online story asks, 'Another White Actress to Play Cleopatra?'

This, and the various controversies over the term "black hole" should be embarrassing and humiliating to the people who are saying these incredibly stupid things. But they aren't.

Being a permanent, professional victim frees you from any sense of shame, ever.

[bannie]

I’m NO fan of Jolie...but she does look Greek enough

[jocon307]

Where does this Egyptian=black thing come from? Modern day Egyptians aren’t black.

[XenaLee]

I have a feeling this has more to do with who (and what) Jolie’s father is than her race or skin color. Hollywood does, afer all, have a (pardon pun) black list for those of the conservative persuasion.

[Mad Dawgg]

If I remember my history correctly the Egyptians had Nubian slaves who became slaves by means of losing a war to them. (but it also happened the other way around when the Egyptians got conquered.)

[Hoodat]

I can’t wait to hear someone claim that Cleopatra was African-American.

[JoeProBono]

[submarinerswife]

Cleo was GREEK.

Dumbass, race baiters.

[Trillian]

Jolie adopted her daughter Zahara,5, from Ethiopia and gave birth to Shiloh,3, in Namibia. She also has 3 other children with partner, Brad Pitt. Maddox, 8, Pax, 6, and twins Knox and Vivienne, 2.

She doesn’t know that Cleopatra was Greek and she can’t count either LOL.