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2023-12-28 04:53:47 UTC - HELPFUL
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Recent DNA evidence has debunked the claim that Beethoven or one of his parents was black. There's no evidence for the claim at all. Also all groups of humans have rhythm, of course. https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(23)00181-1 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/health/beethoven-death-dna-hair.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Science https://twitter.com/fakehistoryhunt/status/1273616993724313602 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/was-beethoven-black-and-why-might-be-wrong-question-ask-180975159/ https://theconversation.com/was-beethoven-black-a-twitter-meme-reveals-more-about-race-and-music-than-the-composers-origins-143440 https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/07/beethoven-was-black-why-the-radical-idea-still-has-power-today https://blackwallst.media/beethoven-was-black-why-the-radical-idea-still-has-power-today/ https://beethovenscholar.com/index.php/2023/03/22/was-beethoven-black/
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