I never noticed this in “The Black Knight” did you?

[homiedontplaydat]

I dont know how u can watch that movie and miss that, Martin's character even said something about that one Knight that kept calling him a Moor.

 

[The_Truth]

It's been so long since I've watched this movie that I don't remember too much about it.

 

[Ozymandeas]

I remember them saying it. I just had idea what it meant. When they made us watch Othello in English class they were saying Moor too.

 

[boskey]

U really just noticed this

Right. Its the whole point of the movie...

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

I went to the oldest standing church in Frankfurt Germany from the 1400’s and in the stain glass they have a black knight clearly putting in work in some war. It was dope to see.

Black people are the oldest people on the planet we were everywhere and known to everyone.

 

[George's Dilemma]

I dont know how u can watch that movie and miss that, Martin's character even said something about that one Knight that kept calling him a Moor.

Ehh, that movie was damn near twenty years ago. I can see that possibly going over folks heads considering the young folks on this message board and other forms social media. Most people don't concern themselves with history, and that's especially so of young people. I imagine most young Americans are ignorant about the Moors. Probably not the case in Spain or other parts of Europe.

 

[Vandelay]

Y'all never heard of Othello?

 

[mykey]

Is that the same time as the Arabs. From what I understand from reading a couple books, Moors and Sub Saharan weren't the same thing.

Do these people look like Arabs to you?

 

[Mike Nasty]

Do these people look like Arabs to you?

Yes. Are you being sarcastic?

 

[Peter Popoff]

Damn, y'all late. Also, we were never called black until the 1900's. The word black was used to separate us from the Moors and other cultures that had black people in it.

 

[Megadeus]

Yes. Are you being sarcastic?

We're not doing this

Its not cute anymore. It never was.

 

[Bruce LeRoy]

I believe the Morgan Freeman character in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a Moor... I didn't know what they were talking about until I rewatched later on..

 

[Mike Nasty]

We're not doing this

Its not cute anymore. It never was.

What are you talking about?

 

[MurderToCassette]

Saw this flick a few weeks ago for the first time since it came out (it was on HBO). Now as an adult, this really stuck out to me. Hollywood throws subtle hints at you, but schools and the media don't really teach people true history.

 

[CHICAGO]

NEVER SAW THIS MOVIE...

they using "moor" like a medieval version of ******...

they wasn't saying it with respect

Exactly. I don't know what the tweet was trying to convey, but they were using it to diminish him

MOOR MEANT BLACK...

THERES A LARGE NUMBER OF PPL
WHO TRY TO PRETEND THE MOORS
WERENT BLACK JUST LIKE
THEY DO WITH THE EGYPTIANS.

THATS WHAT THE TWEET WAS ADDRESSING.

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