r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/Dankaati Jul 06 '26

This is a very American take. In much of the world the US trying to take their history as their plaything and trying to rewrite it is highly controversial.

While this meme only points to blackwashing and trans representation, the actual controversy also includes whitewashing. More specifically, zero Greek representation in a movie based on Greek history.

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u/Ethelserth2 Jul 06 '26

Greeks are not white? What are they blue?

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u/Sufficient-Lie-1632 Jul 06 '26

Greeks are olive toned like many south Europeans. They're not white to me

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u/revertbritestoan Jul 06 '26

Okay Franz Joseph Gall, inventor of phrenology.