26 Nov
2003
26 Nov
'03
9:54 a.m.
Am 25 Nov 2003 21:39 meinte Fred N. van Kempen:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Hans Franke wrote:
Where? not necersary in Europe. Shure, Black
haven't been as
common on Amsterdam streets than today, but they have been known
since ancient times.
The original 'black' people known in Northwest Europe
were the Mores,
from the area that is now known as Spain. Only much later we saw the
people come in from African and Indian (wrong name for people from the
area now known as Indonedia) countries, partly as a result from the
many VOC trading ships bringing back people. This wasnt until the late 1500's- until then, All
Men Were White, or
so they thought. :)
Well, that's maybe true for the far north of Europe, but at least in
(southern) Germany and Italy, black people have been documented in
paintings and writings way before that. So, it's aways dangerous to
oversimplyfy. True for one area might be False just a few miles away.
That's Europe :)
Gruss
H.
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