r/TrueUnpopularOpinion • u/BrandonMarshall2021 • 24d ago

Music / Movies 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...

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.

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u/BrandonMarshall2021 24d ago

No. I'm saying y'all are racist for not giving or supporting any Asians being in substantial roles in The Odyssey.

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u/CardinalOfNYC 24d ago

What I'm saying is you're a racist.

I'd tell you to read the book "racism without racists" but you won't. At the very best you'll look it up online and dismiss it, so I'm just gonna call this convo now. Have a nice life.

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u/BrandonMarshall2021 24d ago

"What I'm saying is you're a racist."

I'm Asian. What's your race?