Why Did they portray Simon Bolivar as a white man? why is history muddled

[Poh SIti Dawn]

For black people? Simon bolivar was black and even Gabriel Garcia Marquez said it and mentioned how they muddled his image.

I was speaking with a sister today and she was putting me onto game about some good books and I put her onto Selassie. She told me, BC her FAM is Caribbean, that she studied in Venezuela, and if you go to their national library they have real depictions of simon bolivar (the liberator of south america) as a black man, but there's controversy around it and if you look online its mainly white pictures of him.

But I think they, meaning white people, try to hide black history because there's power in it.

 

[Dr. Sebi Jr.]

Simon Bolivar was a 33rd degree Freemason.


Also, all important historical figures were BLACK until the invention of photography.

 

[JahFocus CS]

I think he was white given his aristocratic background and education in Europe.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Idk

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I thought most of the columbian elite were white men.

I was watching Anthony Bourdain's show like two weeks ago and they talked about how he actually had a relative come over from Europe and most of them went on to become the leadership after a few years before mixing with the population.

 

[newworldafro]

Show us a picture of Simon Bolivar where he was considered black? I've never heard this, but I don't put anything past anything . Little bit I just read said he was born in Caracas, but his family from the Basque part of Spain, in the north. Something else I read, said he was raised by his black nanny.

The story about him that always tripped me out, was that he was loosing some battles against the Spanish, and went to Haiti and one of the well known leaders from Haiti allowed him to rest and when he left Haiti, he was apparently re-energized and pushed the Spanish out of South America as colonizers

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

I think he was white given his aristocratic background and education in Europe.

He was Venezuelan and Creole, Alexander Pushkin's grandfather was given education in Europe and was black as night

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

Show us a picture of Simon Bolivar where he was considered black? I've never heard this, but I don't put anything past anything . Little bit I just read said he was born in Caracas, but his family from the Basque part of Spain, in the north. Something else I read, said he was raised by his black nanny.

The story about him that always tripped me out, was that he was loosing some battles against the Spanish, and went to Haiti and one of the well known leaders from Haiti allowed him to rest and when he left Haiti, he was apparently re-energized and pushed the Spanish out of South America as colonizers

Lemme see if I can find the GGM book. God forbid I loaned it to someone

That's what I'm saying, he was in Jamaica too, what white man seeks help from black people ffs

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

I thought most of the columbian elite were white men.

I was watching Anthony Bourdain's show like two weeks ago and they talked about how he actually had a relative come over from Europe and most of them went on to become the leadership after a few years before mixing with the population.

No not really, he had a mix. His right hand man was black too

Idk about that Anthony bourdain stuff though, I like his show tho

 

[JahFocus CS]

He was Venezuelan and Creole, Alexander Pushkin's grandfather was given education in Europe and was black as night

Pushkin's great-grandfather was African, but he actually lived in Europe (after being stolen by the Ottomans from Africa, and "gifted" to the Russian tsar).

I highly doubt a visibly African person, much less one from the colonies, would be accepted to study in universities in Europe at the time. Maybe I'm wrong, can you provide any such examples?

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

No not really, he had a mix. His right hand man was black too

Idk about that Anthony bourdain stuff though, I like his show tho

it was a recent episode, like two weeks ago on Columbia

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Simon Bolivar was a 33rd degree Freemason.


Also, all important historical figures were BLACK until the invention of photography.

Beethoven was black.

 

[I.AM.PIFF]

it was a recent episode, like two weeks ago on Columbia

Not you specifically but it bugs me when people get the name wrong, it's not columbia as in district of columbia but Colombia.

 

[Dr. Sebi Jr.]

Beethoven was black.

That's why the Jewish media changed him to a dog.

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

it was a recent episode, like two weeks ago on Columbia

On CNN?