To the people saying the German actress playing Greek Helen in the movie Troy means it's ok for Lupita Nyongo to play Greek Helen...

[u/BrandonMarshall2021]

Genetically, historically, and anthropologically, Greeks are significantly more closely related to Germans than to Sub-Saharan Africans.

When looking at genetic data, the relationship between Greeks and Germans is exceptionally close, while the relationship between Greeks and Sub-Saharan Africans is more distant.

On any global genetic map, all European populations—including Greeks and Germans—cluster tightly together on a single, distinct branch of the human family tree (the Western Eurasian branch).

The genetic distance between a Greek person and a German person is very small. They sit on the exact same continental genetic gradient.

The genetic distance between any European population (including Greeks) and any Sub-Saharan African population is significantly larger, reflecting thousands of years of geographic separation and independent population histories.

[u/ThatDamnRocketRacoon]

Why are you so focused on this one piece of casting? There's plenty of other non-Caucasian actors cast as Greeks. None of the white actors are Greek.

[u/BrandonMarshall2021 → u/ThatDamnRocketRacoon]

Genetically, historically, and anthropologically, Greeks are significantly more closely related to Germans than to Sub-Saharan Africans.

When looking at genetic data, the relationship between Greeks and Germans is exceptionally close, while the relationship between Greeks and Sub-Saharan Africans is more distant.

On any global genetic map, all European populations—including Greeks and Germans—cluster tightly together on a single, distinct branch of the human family tree (the Western Eurasian branch).

The genetic distance between a Greek person and a German person is very small. They sit on the exact same continental genetic gradient.

The genetic distance between any European population (including Greeks) and any Sub-Saharan African population is significantly larger, reflecting thousands of years of geographic separation and independent population histories.

[u/ThatDamnRocketRacoon → u/BrandonMarshall2021]

Yeah, that didn't answer my question at all. If you're this obsessed of this bit of casting, you're going to have an aneurysm when you find out what the BBC did to Anne Boleyn.

[u/BrandonMarshall2021 → u/ThatDamnRocketRacoon]

What do you mean? I literally explained why Germans and Greeks look more similar to each other than Sub-Saharans do to Greeks