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Unpopular Opinions: "Blackwashing" the Egyptians

Unpopular Opinions: “Blackwashing” the Egyptians

So a forensic rendering of Queen Nefertiti has been unveiled, and some folks are absolutely flipping out.

That’s just a for instance. Or click here to check out this rant from The Root.

Ya’ll, I’m frankly baffled by the gaps in education I see on social media and even among my intelligent, educated friends.

Kids, the Egyptians WERE NOT BLACK. African?  Absolutely!  But NOT ALL AFRICANS are Black…

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The Double-Edged Sword: The Policies and Vision of Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowding, their Effects on the Battle of Britain, and His Career in the Royal Air Force

The Double-Edged Sword: The Policies and Vision of Air Chief Marshall Hugh Dowding, their Effects on the Battle of Britain, and His Career in the Royal Air Force

  A historian once declared that Hugh Dowding, Air Chief Marshall and head of RAF Fighter Command was “the only commander who won one of the decisive battles of history, and got sacked for his pains.”[1] Shortly after his successful defense of England in the Battle of Britain, Dowding was forcibly retired in a move which many, himself

Dowding

included, felt was more personal than anything else,…

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