Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-10-01 18:56:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EBF520EC2713B9EC207E193771DB2F20A4BEA4A9AF4248ACEF3DFB14C2A0E068
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She equates her ethnicity with early Homo Sapiens, but her West African descent does not relate to the regions in the article (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/07/oldest-homo-sapiens-bones-ever-found-shake-foundations-of-the-human-story); genetic diversity within Africa is very high (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4067985/). This is race essentialism. Ancient Egyptians weren't 'black' (https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/were-the-ancient-egyptians-black-or-white-scientists-now-know/). She is promoting Hotepism (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoteps).
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