House of Wings

thisisnotafrica:

pandaseal:

Britain’s first black community in Elizabethan London

talldarkbishoujo:

sheepdean:

karnythia:

Most of us tend to think that black people came to Britain after the war - Caribbeans on the Empire Windrush in 1948, Bangladeshis after the 1971 war and Ugandan Asians after Idi Amin’s expulsion in 1972.

But, back in Shakespeare’s day, you could have met people from west Africa and even Bengal in the same London streets.

Of course, there were fewer, and they drew antipathy as well as fascination from the Tudor inhabitants, who had never seen black people before. But we know they lived, worked and intermarried, so it is fair to say that Britain’s first black community starts here.

There had been black people in Britain in Roman times, and they are found as musicians in the early Tudor period in England and Scotland.

So, tell me again that it’s not historically accurate to include POC in media set in Europe before slavery. Go on, reality & I will be here mocking you.

And the first Black community in England (reminder to Americans that England isn’t only London) was 1700 years earlier.

paging Mr. Gaider

The idea that there weren’t any people of colour living and working in Old Europe is hilarious

lati-negros:

source

William D. Carrigan, 1970- Clive Webb

From: Journal of Social History
Volume 37, Number 2, Winter 2003
pp. 411-438 | 10.1353/jsh.2003.0169

Abstract

The lynching of persons of Mexican origin or descent has been largely overlooked by historians of American mob violence. This essay offers the first attempt to construct a systematic set of data on the subject. The authors contend that between 1848 and 1928, mobs lynched at least 597 Mexicans. Traditional interpretations of western violence cannot account for this phenomenon. The actual causes of mob violence against Mexicans were several-fold: race and the legacy of Anglo American expansion, economic competition, and diplomatic tensions between Mexico and the United States. Throughout this era, Mexicans formulated numerous means of resistance against Anglo mobs. These included armed self-defense, public protest, the establishment of mutual defense organizations, and appeals for aid to the Mexican government. The central aim of this essay is to broaden the scholarly discourse on lynching by moving beyond the traditional limitations of the black/white paradigm. Placing the experience of Mexicans into the history of lynching expands our understanding of the causes of mob violence and the ways in which individuals and groups sought to resist lynching and vigilantism. The essay is based on numerous archival sources in both Spanish and English. These include diaries, letters, memoirs, folk culture, newspapers, government documents, and diplomatic correspondence.

siddharthasmama:

saturnineagent:

if you think Black people weren’t traversing the world as much as their white counterparts.

And if you think black people were never outside of Africa, until we were taken from there-

then you have another thing coming.

Because Europe: we were all over that shit. ALL OVER. we were midwives, confidantes, eunuchs, advisers, land owners, bankers, architects,agricultural advisers, healers,Teachers, and the way these techniques were taught was by travel: black people were PAID to travel and teach countless things through out Europe: one of which was genital hygiene.  the list goes on.

this all happened before the whole, you know,” we gotta take over the world, and act like we invented everything,and no one else exists besides us” mentality took hold in Europe and the America’s.

and if you think Im wrong ( well, how could you, any historian would back me up)

maybe you should stop using your soap, fridge,cell phone, laptop battery,stop light, salt, deodorant, medical techniques etc if it hurts you to acknowledge where they came from.

Also Note: i havent seen brave, but what i HAVE seen is the main character using a bow and arrow,and THAT did NOT come from the celts.

so. much. damn. truth.

If y’all ain’t know before, y’all gon’ learn today.

cynique:

ironfistbitch:

paigemcullers:

ironfistbitch:

wait people got mad at brave because there were no black people in the movie

a movie set in scotland during the 10th century

we also dont have any prove of magic in the 10th century scotland but i dont see the inclusion of it annoying you

also shocking news: PoC’s existed in europe in the 10th century!!!! but of course, you wouldnt know 

which is funny because I didn’t say a damn thing about there being no people of color at all in europe. I specified scotland in particular, where the movie takes place. 

even then that’s not what the post is implying. the current black population in scotland is a little over 0.16%, only a couple thousand people. I doubt there were oh my god so much more than that back in the fucking 10th century. do you really think disney would have included that even if there was?

no

because disney is never historically accurate

and they never have been

and of course myself being a person of color, yeah, I definitely don’t know about my own fucking history

good job, bucko

i haven’t seen the movie yet, but i know disney has a long ass record of horrible representation of poc in their movies. 

also, if i can recall, the moors ruled around parts of europe from 711-1492? they also ruled during 10th century scotland until there were a shit ton of race mixing. 

some receipts: 

http://stewartsynopsis.com/europe_conquered_by_africans.htm

http://www.100greatblackbritons.com/bios/niger_val_dub.html

isn’t that the same time period brave is in? |: yep. i think people have the right to be mad. i’m not since i’m so used to disney’s shitty accuracy. 

Since we have some amazing takedowns and references right here, can white people stop being racist now? PLEASE?

(Source: tinyspacebabe)

glossylalia:

note-a-bear:

ladonnapietra:

archaeologicalnews:

Scientists already know from genetic evidence that human populations of Africa and Europe mixed in ancient times, from the days of the Roman Empire through to the slave trade of the colonial period. But evidence of any mixing prior to that has been comparatively less abundant. Now, researchers conclude from a recently completed study (published online on March 27, 2012 in Genome Research) that genetic material was exchanged between Europe and Africa as far back as 11,000 years ago, or more.

“It was very surprising to find that more than 35 percent of the sub-Saharan lineages in Europe arrived during a period that ranged from more than 11,000 years ago to the Roman Empire times,” said senior study author Dr. Antonio Salas of the University of Santiago de Compostela. The other 65% of European lineages showing African lineage represent population groups that arrived more recently.

The researchers analyzed and compared mtDNA genome sequences from different regions of Europe with that of other groups around the world. During this process they analyzed the mtDNA genomes of “haplogroup L”, (a lineage of sub-Saharan African origin) in Europe. Read more.

Paging glossylalia!

Huh, soooo, I’m gonna need someone to explain to me how it’s historically inaccurate to have Black folks in ancient European fantasy.

Don’t worry, I’ll wait.

I’ve been trying to tell y’all.

“Brave” stanners, come here and listen.