Comment on “This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman.”

• CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Not everyone is from North America. That is like me asking you, does “Dr. Kwame Nkrumah” mean anything to you?

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  • andros_rex@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Tbh, it should. American educations don’t touch Africa barring a dip into Egypt, which usually compresses the dynasties in a way that does nothing for a deeper understanding. Even as someone with a BA in history, that watched the course listing like a hawk for “history of the Sahel” or “history of the Mali empire” or some lovely 3000-4000 course - nothing.

    I should have been taught who Nkrumah was. And Léopold Senghor, and Kenyatta…

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    Instead, I lean on The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith. Which is a good book, but by a journalist, not a historian.

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  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    does “Dr. Kwame Nkrumah” mean anything to you?

    C’mon, there are lots of NBA fans outside of the United States.

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  • Soulg@ani.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    If only that question was a direct response to someone talking about an American historical figure by name.

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• HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  …no?

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Okay, Harriet Tubman, born into slavery in the early 1800s, escaped slavery, probably best known today for helping other slaves escape to free states via a system of secret routes, sympathizers and safe houses referred to as the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad had nothing to do with trains, it was just a code word. Tubman went on to serve as a spy for the Union army during the American civil war, and was a figure in the women’s suffrage movement, surviving into the 20th century.

    So, the fact that she was a black woman is kind of important to Harriet Tubman’s lore, and casting Julia Roberts in the role is rather inappropriate.

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  • MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Here you go. She was a pretty amazing person.

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  • Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Congrats on being one of the lucky 10,000 learning something new, especially about a genuine hero!

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• AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  We call it the subway nowadays.

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• Whelks_chance@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Like the Eurostar

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