The above picture is of the Common Chimpanzee, scientifically the "Pan Troglodyte" of West and Central Africa. The particular ones native to West Africa were nicknamed Troglodyte Nigers (Latin for black) by Europeans that ventured into the country Niger. Although, it is speculated a derogatory connotation of black, like Niger in Latin, was converted to "Nigger" in English, Niger actually meant King to the Ibo people. (Anithetical to that, Nigeria meant Queen) Similar theoretical origins of Nigger are Naga- wise Kundalini serpent of Nubia, TaMare, (ancient Egypt) and Hinduism and Buddhism, Negus and Negash- Ethiopian emporer or black king.
The name #Troglodyte means "cave or den dweller", similar to Europeans. These Chimps are very hairy with Eumelanin protective fur and pale Pheomelanin skin, similar to Europeans. Troglodyte also means "a person who is viewed as being deliberately ignorant or old-fashioned," similar to Europeans who were thousands of years behind the rest of the world. Why do i keep emphasizing the European similarity to wild apes? Because the tables have been turned!
Another contraversy is African (American) people calling themselves "black." Our skin is not literally black, but to the molecular structure of our skin, Carbon which is black is the source of our brown Eumelanin pigment. So molecularly we are black, just as the universe, in which "black" is not a color but means the total absorption of white light. (The source/entity able to refelct the color spectrum) And what color do "white" Europeans turn when they are born? Pink. When they develop healthily? White. When they're hurt or bruised? Red. When they suffocate? Blue. When they tan? Orange. When they get sick? Green. When they DIE? Purple. And they called US colored? Once again, the tables have been turned.
So should we take offense to our own words being perverted? No. We should educate ourselves more on our history and the origin of mankind. We are the first people of this earth, so why do we let people come in and teach us their religion, or let them control all aspects of our living?
The word ‘Black’ can be traced back to its proto Indo-European origins through the word ‘blac’ which meant pale, wan, colourless, or albino.
ReplyDelete‘Blac’ was incorporated into Old French as Blanc, Italian and Spanish as Blanco, Bianca, Bianco, Bianchi.
In Old English “blac” person meant fair; someone devoid of colour, similar to the word “blanc” which still means white or fair person.
In Middle English the word was spelt as “blaec” same thing as the modern word “black”, only at that time, around 1051 AD, it still meant a fair skin, or so-called white person. The words “blacca” an Old/Middle English word still resonates with “blanke” the Dutch-Germanic term for white people of today.
Thus, we can see that the Old English ‘blæc’ was relative to its ‘blac’ origin as it was predominantly used as an adjective to describe ‘colour pertaining to matter that was colourless’. Other cognates of ‘blac’ include examples like: Bleak, Blake, Bleach, Blanch.
Good examples of the use of “blac” as something that meant blond or fair can be seen in Old English literature such as K. Ælfred’s ‘Bæda’ from c.890 where the following phrase can be found: “hæfde blæc feax” meaning “have blond hair”.
black occured- both figurative connotations as well as literal.
From ‘blac, blake, bleaken, blaccen’ and their literal meaning ‘to bleach out or make white, blond or pale’ came the figurative meaning ‘to stain someones reputation, or defame’ or darken. Literally “blac” by that time came to mean night-like colour, dark
So stop b-lacking & b-lessing & Bee yourself! No labels & crayon colours as every being in Nature has COLOUR...…………. O-tay if thee sun is trying to kill u or U burn your skin under a light bulb & call it tanning or a healthy glow? Really? ( Elephant still in room 2020?) Injecting yourselves with Botox (botulism) or Ancient ones melanin, o-tay.
Aber,these Lola / Lou Reed folks gotta go. & eye aint got 1! Eye canhavea Child. Eye am a REAL Girl