Angelina Jolie Race Row

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1287505/Race-row-erupts-casting-Angelina-Jolie-Cleopatra.html ^

[SatinDoll]

Yes.

[Bob J]

“I just don’t like AJ.”

Well you called her a skag, so something else is going on here besides her “talent”.

I happen to like both women but I think AJ is better looking, is more interesting and intelligent and is a far better actress. I’m sorry, I just can’t see Aniston as a believeable Laura Croft. She’s better suited playing the victim.

[10Ring]

LOL...great show. I don’t hold much hope for the movie...not even looking forward to watching it free on TV in a couple of years.

[chesley]

There’s no accounting for tastes. I’ve never liked her looks. I realize that I may be in a minority, as a lot of people seem to, but I don’t.

But why does this bother you?

[RummyChick]

And in other Jolie news -

http://womansday.ninemsn.com.au/celebrityheadlines/1072469/angelina-jolie-turns-to-scientology

Scientology looks to get another Celebrity. Her ethics file will be quite interesting.

[chesley]

Wow. Another reason to dislike AJ.
As if I didn’t have enough already.

[DM1]

“Ptolemy wasn’t an heir to ATG, he was one of his generals.”

yes he was one of his generals who was given part of his kingdom after Alexanders death - hence he was an heir to part of Alexanders kingdom (i think the kingdom was carved into three but not sure about that)
an heir doesnt have to be a be a blood relative my friend.

[Bob J]

As I said and you ignored, you called her a skag. Why not explain that?

[chesley]

Where you asking a question? Somehow I failed to pick up on that.

I think she’s ugly, and I question both her politics and her character. Not that either is any business of mine.

But I meant to insult her. I used it in place of more explicit epithets.

Does that answer you question?

[Bob J]

You think she is ugly?

[chesley]

Haven’t I been saying that? In a word, YES.

I realize that I am in a minority here, or she wouldn’t be where she is, but that’s my opinion.

[apro]

"There is a chance that Cleopatra had some black blood in her. One of her ancestors (grandparents, I think) on one side could have been black or part-black. However, neither of her parents was black, and it is extremely unlikely that she would have been. Likewise, Hannibal would not have been black either, just because he was from Africa. He was from North Africa and was of Semitic descent. This does not stop present-day blacks from claiming that Hannibal and later, Cleopatra were black."

There is ZERO chance for Cleopatra to be black becasue none of her grandparents were black. They were of the Ptolemiac bloodline given this Dynasty inbred to preserve their royal lines and hold onto power. Cleopatra was white of Greek lineage.

[apro]

"Not true, for some reason they don’t know who Cleopatra’s mother was. She had a half sister whose mother was Ethiopian."

Modern political correctness garbage. Her sister wasn't half Ethiopian nor was she. Their mother was Cleopatra V so she is known and she belonged to the Ptolemiac bloodline as white as her sister and Cleopatra. This Dynasty didn't interix outside their own kind, they inbred to preserve their royal bloodline. This mixed theory is a modern creation to make a certain group of people with an inferiority complex feel better.

[Whateverman57]

You are right. The idea a race is an empty waste of time. Instead time would probably be better spent at talking about the thing that race tries to answer. And that thing is identity. Case in point, some ancient, and even modern day, Egyptians by 21st century standards are considered black. Also, by the little record that we do have, it seems that the classical world was diverse both ethnically and phenotypically. One of the problems with this kind of waste of time (discussion that is) is that all positions of the argument tries to defend an identity that one holds as his or her own. This is done at risk of engaging in boondoggles that mean nothing which are just sticks used to beat White people, and Black people, and the various Asian people, etc…unless you’re the one receiving the blow. It is from that point on, the point of impact, when it becomes a matter of self-worth of identity. Sticks are used to both attack and to defend. By the way I didn’t know a Thor movie was coming out cool. And yes a black guy as a God known as the “White God” I think is taking poetic license a bit far. Unless…he looks white.

[SunkenCiv]

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