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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml

Context: princess Andromeda of the perseus myth was from Aethiopia, while it doesn't exactly map to modern Ethiopia, it does literally mean burnt (black) face. So yeah Andromeda was black, despite what most modern western depictions would have you believe.

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[-] ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com 25 points 2 months ago

WHITE = GOOD

NOT WHITE = NOT GOOD

[-] DrSleepless@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Guess they’ll have to change the saying to “ Go woke, Go $120 million domestic box office”

[-] ZeroHora@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago

I never associate this myth with Ethiopia lul. Now I see why Andromeda is a gyaru in Fate GO(the closets to black people Japanese creators can illustrate while not been racists as fuck)

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

I mean, we can think both are inaccurate and that it also doesn't really matter, right?

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I know the picture of Helen is from Nolan's Odyssey, but What's the pic of Andromeda from?

[-] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 months ago

Clash of the titans, 2010 . Was the only version of perseus I could think of.

[-] TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[-] muzzle@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

Look back, lock back, Andromeda was black!

this post was submitted on 20 Jul 2026
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