

Cleopatra was Macedonian Greek and the greeks weren’t black. Portraying her as black would be historically incorrect.
— 🐄 (@angewwie) April 14, 2023
A mere suggestion—if you want diversity to be a part of your agenda: make series about Black historical figure(s) like Queen of Sheba. ✌️ https://t.co/dceQz4DtEn
Anyone is free to cast anyone for a movie, even if it's historical.
— Michael (@MichaelAzmy) April 12, 2023
We are also free to call it pure bullshit and false depiction of Cleopatra who was white from a Macedonian Greek descent.
- Roman sculpture of Cleopatra in Altes Museum
- The Bust of Cleopatra sculpture in ROM https://t.co/vHoC8wR2uo pic.twitter.com/8aGFYgQrUE
I am so done with this.#Cleopatra was of Greek descent, with some Macedonian ancestry. She was not black. Olive skin, most likely, but not too dark. Probably she had some Egyptian heritage but she was primarily Greek. And Greeks aren’t African.pic.twitter.com/Ivmpd3CHHd
— vane (@callmevaneg) April 14, 2023
It’s becoming quite tiring having real history hijacked and usurped for political purposes. But I suppose that’s been happening for a while.
— Major Bones 🇺🇸 (@MajorBonesLive1) April 14, 2023
Btw, Cleopatra was descended from the Ptolemaic dynasty. In other words, Greek.
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i find it so funny how all these white actresses who played cleopatra are much more accurate than a black one because the real life cleopatra was greek, her entire family, the ptolemaic dynasty, was greek! greeks are not the same as subsaharan africans! @netflix pic.twitter.com/Vw2yIItaio
— isabella 🤍 (@white_wisterias) April 13, 2023
Ah yes, Cleopatra. The Macedonian Greek queen. Famously black.
— Smug Asuka (@smugasuka18) April 14, 2023
Why do y'all only celebrate "strong black leads" when they're race swaps lmao? https://t.co/pV8tvmC0s0 pic.twitter.com/TowF9ypteL