[Lizavetta]

This reminds me of the time my first grade son's reader informed me that Aesop was an African storyteller. That he was born on the island of Samos (off the coast of Turkey) and spent most of his life in Greece didn't count.

[cyborg]

My mother read me Aesop's fables when I was little. I wonder if some kids today even know what a fable is.

[SauronOfMordor]

This reminds me of the time my first grade son's reader informed me that Aesop was an African storyteller. That he was born on the island of Samos (off the coast of Turkey) and spent most of his life in Greece didn't count.

Probably somebody made the false connection: Aesop was a slave storyteller, therefore Aesop was black, because all slaves were black