Stop Greek Erasure @find-our-love - Tumblr Blog

I think I speak for everyone when I say that this was not the relationship between the Counts we expected, but the one we deserved 🙏

beautifulgreece

David Boye, 1956

Greek Girl in Corinth with her goat at Apollo’s temple

alatismeni-theitsa

please god no more "greek gods are whitewashed" discourse in the year 2021 greeks have had enough, the universe has had enough, your mom has had enough. everyone is Tired

Imagine people who begin this discourse going to Greece and being like: "OMG MOST OF PEOPLE HERE ARE WHITEWASHED" 😂😂😂

apollomes-supremacy

Once I saw someone saying that they wouldn't watch Blood of Zeus bc the gods weren't black enough, and I was like "????". I don't know if black people really existed in ancient greece, but regardless of that, those comments are still funny to me

alatismeni-theitsa

Well, surely some "Black" (anachronistic term) existed and other minorities too. But no culture has ever changed the appearance of their local gods because 0.5% of the population might have looked different. I don't know why Westerners (usually) ask this from Greeks OR why they feel bad when the gods look closer to their Greek depiction. I mean they come as outsiders 2.000 years after the religion has been established and they are like "um ACTUALLY I don't like how your gods look. They are not inclusive enough" Like any pantheon should change to fit every society on earth... They are not Jesus and Mary, Karen

Not that anyone on this hell site cares, but how the fuck are you gonna argue against cultural appropriation while bastardizing one of the most ancient and stolen cultures of all time. I can't think of any other group of people that have contributed to philosophy, art, medicine, and war, and have their fucking shit STOLEN by others and then get told they're unoppressed or considered too "''whyte''"

On what world is "you can't make this character lighter skinned/straight because they're SUPPOSED to be dark skinned/gay!!!" When you LITERALLY do the exact opposite and say it's okay because oppression 'doesn't exist' for them or 'isn't as bad'.

Shout out to the fucking Greek genocide and Turkey's constant targeting of probaganda that NO ONE HEARS ABOUT because you make myths that inspired great marble statues (that get stolen) and writings into a reflection of what YOU want it to be.

"Who cares!! No one worships them anymore and no one owns them!" GREEKS OWN THEM. THEY'RE A PART OF HELLENIC CULTURE YOU FUCKING TWAT. YOU WOULD ALL CALL FOR BLOOD IF SOMEONE MADE AN AFRICAN/EGYPTIAN GOD WHITE WITH BLOND HAIR BUT YOU ENCOURAGE THE EXACT OPPOSITE WHEN IT COMES TO CULTURE YOU CONSIDER UP FOR GRABS.

Greek gods aren't African/Egyptian polyacehomoromanticsexual coloring books you can scribble over and make your own and it takes away from real African/Egyptian heritage. They're a part of Hellenic culture no matter how popular they are, and it's disrespectful af to treat them like dress up dolls for your identity.

If you want something unique, make something up yourself. STOP bastardizing my culture.

The sad thing is that I KNOW people are gonna bitch at me for standing up for what's right because you can't see past American ideals of oppression. Fuck you.

#greek #greek myth aesthetic #Greece #greek gods #lore olympus #LO #hellenic deities #Hellas #important #Greek myths #cultural appropriation #culture #my culture #my culture is not your coloring book #or costume #ffs

beautifulgreece

Greeks bow only to their God or Gods, to their motherland and their fallen heroes.

djangojayne

Black Gods and Goddesses [Greek] - Part 2

HEPHAESTUS - God of Fire, Metalworking, and Sculpture (Chadwick Boseman)

ARTEMIS - Goddess of the Moon, Hunt, Wilderness, and Virginity (Tessa Thompson)

APOLLO - God of Medicine, Music, Archery, and the Sun (Stromae)

DIONYSUS - God of Wine, Theater, and [Religious] Ectasy (Kendrick Lamar)

DEMETER - Goddess of Agriculture, Fertility, and the Harvest (The Viola Davis)

Hermes - God of Thieves and Travelers/Messenger of the Gods and Guide to the Underworld (Donald Glover)

MORPHEUS - God of Dreams and Sleep or CRONOS - God of Time (Morgan Freeman)

TERPSICHORE - Muse/Goddess of Chorus and Dance (Beyonce Knowles)

Part 2 of Black Gods and Goddesses [Greek]

There’s probably going to be Part 3 and I may edit this one. I’m a little unsure of Hermes. I think Glover would be a good Pan, God of Wildnerness and Fertility 🤔 You can find Part 1 on my Dashboard or under the tag #blackgodsandgoddesses

find-our-love

Stop fucking inserting yourself into my culture. There are a ton of different gods and goddesses to choose from to make your post. Greeks have enough stolen from them.

alatismeni-theitsa

You know what pisses me off the most in cultural misappropriation & disrespect? Fascists using your culture as tool to promote their hate & ideologies, & "woke" people outside your culture turn a blind eye & even blame your culture(!) , said culture they ALSO disrespect, & don't even THINK Even for their OWN sake to stop the fascists from doing that & take that weapon away. White supremacist US Americans have long used Vikings & Ancient Greeks for this (1/2)

but it takes on a whole other disturbing level when they have the Bloody Nerve to wear Viking clothes when they attacked the Capitol. If I see them do this w/ lame copies of 300 Sparta clothes I will Bust An Artery. & OFC, to fake woke US Americans this is all "oh tYpIcALly, "white cultures" who are inherently supremacist & interchangeable, Of CoUrSe ThEy DiD, white people UGH" instead of calling out the disgusting cultural misappropriation & just. TRYING. to reign in other USAmericans (2/2)

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uuugh yes I feel you :’( For some reason, it hurt more when the fake woke people were like “duuuh they are white cultures, they are inherently bad and representative of every action of white supremacy”. But they do it all the time. They need a scapegoat soooo much, they're lumping all the “white cultures” together

handlewcaare

The ultimate Karen

Bonus:

depresseddisneyprincess

reblog this if you didn’t think you’d make it to 2021

elladastinkardiamou

The Istanbul riots, known in Greek as the “Events of September” (Septemvriana), and internationally usually referred to as the Istanbul pogrom, were orchestrated mob attacks against the city’s ethnic minorities, primarily targeting the Greek and Armenian communities, on the night of 6-7 September 1955.

Istanbul (formerly Constantinople) used to be the capital of the Byzantine Empire until the Ottoman conquest of 1453. For centuries, there remained a flourishing Greek population in the city, which came to play a significant role in the social and economic life of the Ottoman Empire. Following the latter’s collapse, and the end of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), a population exchange agreement was signed between Greece and Turkey, as part of the Lausanne Convention. However, due to the importance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate for the Orthodox Church, the Greek population of Istanbul was specifically exempted.

In the early 1950s, Greek-Turkish relations were rather amicable; this, however, started to change due to the Cyprus issue. On 6 September 1955, riots erupted, resulting in several thousands of properties being damaged and ransacked, including houses as well as large and small businesses, factories, churches and schools, two monasteries, and a synagogue. The vast majority of these belonged to ethnic Greeks, while others belonged to Armenians and Jews, but also Muslims.

alatismeni-theitsa

Ooooooop!

#politics

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“The culture, architecture and sculpture of Ancient Greece have had such a profound influence on Europe and the West that, in truth, they mean more to a Scotsman, a German or an American than they do a Greek.” - Gavin Stamp 1983 “Keeping our Marbles”

Both of the arguments we’re reading in my art history class are from the 80’s but like still. Help me I want to punch a wall.