Then one chooses to just be ignorant.
Apparently there is some whining going on about the possibility of Angelina Jolie being cast to play Cleopatra in an upcoming flick.
Counting Cats has his way with them.
What part of Cleopatra was Greek is so difficult to understand?
Lets get it straight – Cleo (strictly Cleopatra VII) was the last of the Ptolemaic dynasty, a bunch of Hellenes who took the country over after Alexander got his and the empire split, and she spoke Greek at home. In fact, Cleopatra, as well as being the last of the Ptolemys, is reputed to be the first of them to even bother learning Egyptian.
As for the Egyptians? They were bloody North Africans you idiots, not sub Saharans. You want to know what ancient Egyptians looked like? They looked like their direct descendents, the Copts, who, funnily enough, look a lot like everyone else in Egypt today.
Cue an outraged Jessie Jackson and an intolerant Al Sharpton in 5..4…3…2…
It is never about being right. It is always about being pissed off.