Inclusivity and History are a BAD match! 

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“Teaching children is a mission teaching them the truth is a priority.” - metatron

Inclusivity in history should be telling the stories of all peoples, not putting certain people in other peoples stories where they weren't there historically

As a black man, I feel zero offense to this. You can't practice inclusivity in something that has already happened. It makes no sense. And Africa, for example, has its own long and rich history that is rarely portrayed in popular media. It's insulting to ignore all that and just shoehorn a few black people and other minorities into cultural portrayals where they would not have otherwise existed. So I'm 100% with you Metatron. I see nothing racist or homophobic about this take.

I am black and I think more honest and open conversations like this is what we need. Thank you sir. It's only gotten worse since this video was posted.

I'm reminded of when Kingdom Come: Deliverance came out and a lot of people were upset that there weren't black people in medieval Czechoslovakia

“Saying that a black kid needs all Roman generals, and all Greek heroes to suddenly become black so he can have a hero, is insulting to people of Africa. Why? Because Africa has its own heroes. Shaka Zulu, Memnon... I mean, i can go on. What about representing them with their own heroes, and not trying to take a different culture and forcing inclusivity into that. Are you telling me that a Chinese kid needs to borrow a white historical character to find a cool enough hero from the past to impersonate? What about all the dynasties of China? They don't need to be represented and forced into white European history. They don't need that, because their history is just as rich. Because human history is rich“. -- BRAVO !!! Beautifully said!

What infuriates me is that pushes for inclusivity in historical settings are too often excuses to not explore the history of other cultures. Instead of forcing a European knight to be black, why not explore some actual African history? Africa is a goldmine for storytelling that few are tapping into.

For me the best argument is that its dangerous. We achieved our inclusivity with hundred years of work. You cant just deny that. You cant just say it was always different. It makes the Inclusivity we have today be worth less because it seems like it always existed

“Don’t touch history!”- very well said

Remember when historians' main concern with 'historical' movies were costumes and weapons not matching their time period?

As the most Indian Indian in India I also declare Metatron as not racist As a woman I also declare him not a misogynist

I just remembered when the Oscars made a new rule stating that a movie needs to have someone who’s a different ethnic group, a woman, or LGBT person in order to be a part of the Oscars. When this rule was released, one guy called it “the death of art” and I could see why. If I made a movie about Simo Hayha, a Finnish sniper in ww2, it doesn’t matter how good the movie is, it wouldn’t be nominated for the Oscars because a vast majority of the cast would have to be white in order for it to be historically accurate.

Imagine a disabled Spartan being treated as a normal occurrence, and you'll get an idea of why inclusivity and history do not mix. History was not an inclusive place. We live in an age where someone can fly to another country in a matter of hours and foods that would be more prized than gold are always in our pantries, but that doesn't mean we should try to put black pepper on a medieval peasant's dinner table in a historical fiction series.

My favourite inclusivity story was when people developing Kingdom Come: Deliverance were accused of racism because their highly realistic game from medieval bohemia didn't include black people. I live in the area now in 21st century with no borders with EU states and minimal racism, the only black guy I've ever seen with my own eyes was directed to me because he needed a translator.

Archaeologists, historians, geneticists etc must be wondering if their painstaking work in unravelling the past and our origins is worth it - only for it to be kicked under the carpet.

You’re absolutely correct. History is history. You can’t change it by ignoring what it was.

"They don't need to be represented and forced into white European history, because their histories are just as rich." Huh...You know, that's a REALLY good point. Kudos.

To the person asking about the black kind feeling like a viking or whatever, my answer would be you can treasure and emulate cultures that are not part of your ancestry, however if we are doing a historic representation then part of that is having actors who look like the historical group. It's no different than wanting all blak actors to represent Zulus or Japanese actors in a Ninja movie. You can aspire to any culture or hero you want, and for things like cossplay, reenactment and the like that's great. But when we are making a peice of media with specific goals, then replication can be more important that diverse representation.

As a woman I can identify myself with men because I'm an empathetic human being lmao I don't need characters to be turned into females just to relate to their struggles, that's incredibly condescending and superficial from the people who rewrite history for the sake of inclusivity

As a woman often accused of being a raging feminist, I declare Metatron is not a misogynist. Thank you, Sir. Your videos are not only a breath of fresh air, but also very educational. I thought I knew history, but I am learning so much more from you. Carry on with the good work!

This is why the Metatron couldn't be a fiction writer Because he speaks nothing but facts

I had a conversation with a colleague where he said history is being “white washed” in American text books. He referenced an old school history text book where it showed a pharaoh that was clearly Western European. I agreed but then he referenced Cleopatra. I tried to explain to him that Cleopatra wasn’t dark skinned because she wasn’t descended from Egyptians; she descended from a Greek general. He didn’t acknowledge that statement, unfortunately. I wish I could have really blown his mind and told him in Egypt they had two different skin tones of Egyptians; the lighter skin in the north (more like middle eastern) and the dark skin (black like modern Sudanese) in the south.

If I'm watching a show set in ancient Japan, I expect everyone to be Japanese. Having a red-haired Scotsman as emperor of Japan would be absurd, and everyone would agree it's absurd. So why is a black Anne Boleyn any less absurd? It isn't. There's no shortage of diverse representation in modern entertainment. There's no need to corrupt history.

I appreciate your take. It's weird how the same groups who demand inclusivity also condemn what they call cultural appropriation by straight whites. It's clear there is an agenda at work.

I got absolutely blasted on Reddit some time ago for pointing out someone's hyperbolic post claiming "40% of all Samurai were women according to new historical studies" was wrong. I dug through and found the 'study' was a paper written about one specific head burial where people killed by weapons were found. Somehow, pointing out that there was no way of telling who these people were, and that one burial is not representative of all of history got me flamed to no end. Worse was the paper detailed that there were also elderly and children in the burial, so it looked (to me at least) like the aftermath of a massacre rather than a battle. Especially given it took place nowhere near a town rather than a castle where Japanese women might traditionally fight in a siege situation. There are so many cool stories about women in history from the woman warriors of the Sarmatians to the Kandakes who led the Kushites against Rome. What about Qing Shih or Tomyris? It's just so weird to me that historical fact has become somehow controversial.

As a Nigerian you are not a racist, you are very right, this phenomenon of historical inclusivity is detrimental to real African history as no body pays attention to it

History is history and should be taught exactly how it was, anything else is just lying to children.

He foreshadowed the Cleopatra fiasco😅. I love this video so much and I’m Hispanic! I feel like force representation is so disrespectful not just to history but to the community as well. Loved this analysis “respect the truth”. ❤

Brainlet: “YOU’RE A FASCIST!” Metatron: “Just because I’m Italian?!”

"All the Romans are black except for the evil ones" People are gonna take this quote out of context. Lmao

Explaining homosexuality with a pizza analogy, that's the most italian thing i've ever seen

I'm Chinese and growing up in Canada, I would very rarely see any character in any series who looked like me. The first character I felt a connection to was Xiao Jun from the Assassin's Creed series when Embers came out, and I'll never forget that feeling of there being someone like me in a franchise I loved so much. The thing is, her character is ethnically and culturally Chinese, and even if she travelled all the way to Italy to meet with Ezio, her history is still very much tied to China and she expresses the wish to learn from Ezio so that she can go back home and protect her people. She's not denying her heritage. She wants to protect it. On the other side, I grew up being obsessed with Greek Mythology bc I thought the stories were absolutely fascinating. But not once, NOT once did I ever wish a character / hero in any story were Chinese, bc even as a kid, I understood the concept that this is Greek culture and not mine. For me having a Chinese person be thrown into an Ancient Greek setting (especially Mythology) for no reason other than inclusivity would've completely thrown me off bc why the heck are they putting someone from MY culture into a setting they don't belong to ? I agree with this concept being really offensive to the cultures those production companies want to "include" for the sake of representation. Yes, representation matters -- which is exactly why it needs to be done properly instead of it being entirely superficial. I have as much in common with a random Greek Mythology hero being played by a Chinese actor than I do with a person from Eswatini. Representation isn't just about physical appearance. I can't see myself in a character who doesn't share the same cultural background as me, it's as simple as that.

as an asian, i agreed Metatron is not racist, peace!

I just started teaching History last year, and I was shocked at what they made me do. I studied History for 8 years in university, so I felt quite ready to teach it so kids. I was assigned 8th and 9th grade kids (around 13-15 years old). For 8th grade we start with the first exploration and expansion incursions into North Africa (I'm from Portugal), so I would start talking about sub saharan slavery a few weeks after I got the job. In almost all classes there where "special education" kids. And for those we need to prepare a different program according to their capabilities. I thought that they would just get a different evaluation method, but no. They wanted me to change the program, so that those kids would feel "comfortable". As I didn't know these kids, one "special education teacher" came to "help me" modify the program to their needs. In the end they made me remove all that contained violence, discrimination and any kind of "negative" thing, thus turning History into just flowers, peace and love... At that point I realised that such thing would be impossible! Those special kids have History class together with the "regular students", how can I explain slavery (for example) to the class and not to those 2 or 3 kids that "can't ear about it"? The solution that was imposed on me was terrible... but i had to do it (though then I had to assign special extra homework readings and such - that then I could not comment in class - to the regular kids, so that they at least had the chance to learn the truth). The "solution" was simple, apparently they have been doing it for years... special educations kids have priority, so I teach the class only what they special education kids can know! It was a very frustrating process. I questioned why didn't we just form a class with all the special kids, that way the others could learn the full program... they said that that was not "inclusive", special education kids must be evenly distributed among all classes. This will be the second year that I'll teach... and I'm afraid that I'll have to literally cut History again. I have a master's degree in Military History... not being able to teach anything that involves strife or conflict is torture for me! Just for disclosure, most of my "special education kids" didn't have anything major, just some minor dyslexia or learning disorder. They themselves where sometimes interested in learning about "more fun parts", like wars and such. The problem was the special education teachers, they dictate what they think the kids should learn. This is a problem that basically only applies to History class. Some kind of balance must be reached before it's too late. If we keep forming up adults that don't know History, they will not be interested in preserving History as well. Just two days ago a National Monument to the discoveries/navigations was vandalized. At the same time there seems to be a huge lack of History teachers in schools. In the one that I was, most History teachers where not really History teachers, but portuguese (language), and even theatre teachers filling in the gap. Even the few that where officially "History Teachers", didn't really study History in university, they had a course in "education of history". None of them every actually studied History. And yet, people like me, that really studied History, can not apply to be History Teachers.... we can only fill gaps, via temporary contracts. I don't know if other countries have the same issue... but here the situation is getting dire. And then people get surprised that more and more young adults join extremist movements...

As an Asian, I am not offended when I didn't see any Asian in my favorite historical drama the Tudors, I understand that there may be too few Asians in Europe 500 years ago. I just enjoy the story and the history it tried to portray. I love European history more than any other culture's history but I don't need anyone that looks like me to relate and understand the human struggles and the triumph.

I am a Mexican here and I totally agree with your views about changing History. I don't need my heroes or role models, in fiction or nonfiction, to be just like me to feel my values and views represented. I also want to learn the true History of all civilizations and cultures. I don't want to have an "inclusive" deformation of western, asian, african or latinamerican history instead.

I do agree that this representation/inclusivity issue is being mishandled. I am a woman and black, but I don't need to see a character or historical figure of my race or gender to identify with them, wouldn't that be in itself racist? In this crazy push, we are highlighting more our differences instead or uniting us!

The weirdest thing about demanding representation for people to have role models? I've found role models in Women, different races cultures and sexual orientation. I detest history being bent, want more representation? Bring in more stories from different cultures, real cultures what really happened. Good rant Metatron!

I'm a liberal thinker but having a viking portrayed by an african is historically inaccurate, in the same sense that it would be very very wrong to have a caucasian play chaka zulu.

"It's hard to correct things as adult that you learned as a child" I remember when i was 5 my mom was pregnant and then she wasn't. I kept looking for the stroller bc i thought that's where the baby had gone to. It made sense to me bc everyone said she had a "missed carriage" We also say you can't teach an old dog new tricks It's better to learn it right and when you're young the first time And we find heroes where we choose. My mother was my hero Who says your hero can't be from your own family or neighborhood

This is why Asians don't complain about inclusivity in historic fiction or ancient myths from Europe roots. They like accuracy too.

As a historian, I want to personally thank you for speaking the facts. Absolutely nothing wrong with this video. Keep up the great work metatron.

Great video! As a historian and gay man, I often have had to educate members of my own LGBTQ+ community about the place of sexual minorities/identities in history and the dangers of sticking definitions and concepts invented in the 19th and 20th centuries to people who lived hundreds or thousands of years ago. Even though, per intance, there were men who preferred to engage in same sex relations in some cases throughout history, these men did not identify themselves as gay or as homosexual, for those concepts were completely alien to them. Even if you met the members of the Sacred Band of Thebes in Ancient Greece, they would probably tell you they first are foremost saw themselves as Thebans, then Greeks, then men... but they would not call themselves gay. In many non European cultures, some people were categorized and members of a third sex, often associated to mystical/ceremonial roles. But these people would not consider themselves bi/trans or non binary. Also, that we see two female or male vikings sleeping togheter is not the issue. It's to go from a sexual act to the portraying of a modern-inspired same-sex couple that is problematic. And if we are to show men loving men in the Middle Ages, let's show it for what it was, something that you kept quiet if not protected by being of the upper aristocracy unless you wanted to risk being castrated or killed...

As a European white male it infuriates me seeing my ancestors history, culture, and folklore being replaced. As a respecter of history, it's a lie. It's not just for me, but because I want my children to see our history accurately and not be misled.

Inclusivity for inclusivity's sake is the greatest insult people in power can throw at the ones they claim to be representing. As an example, being a woman, I don't need feminization of an existing male character. I need strong, grounded female characters in ways that doesn't make it seem absolutely anachronistic having a woman in that role.

As someone that as a degree in History and also taught in public school, i hate the corruption of History and its very dangerous to use it for ideological purposes. Keep up the good work. Respect from Portugal.

I also have to add this... reducing being female, LGBT+, BIPOC, etc. to a checkbox to be ticked is in act offensive.

As a Mexican man, yes I would play the part of Cleopatra, in a comedy.

The burden of representation should be shifted to the topic of historical shows rather than the people shown within a specific topic. That is, instead of making the 10000th viking show but with black vikings, we should be asking why there aren't historical shows on the great West African kingdoms, the Bantu expansions, Axum, Nubia and Meroe, etc. That's where the representation needs to be.

As a African American woman w/ a graduate degree in History, I declare Metatron not racist. I’m also getting frustrated with the nutty representation. However, Hollywood has always been bad at history. Now it’s just off the rails crazy.

As an Asian man who lives in a country that was once a colony to another nation, I love your videos and the messages you share. you sir share actual information and facts not hypocrisy. the historic details that I cannot find or censored by media on books, documentaries and etc. can be watched from your videos in which I enjoy. thank you and you have my utmost respect kind sir.

i was a "little black kid" in the early 60's. nothing stopped me from loving (white) spiderman and wanting to emulate his cartoon greatness! the "they have to see it to be it" narrative is a flawed narrative. look at the millions of people of ALL backgrounds who were/are inspired by michael jordan!! it's not about race, it is about accomplishments. people who believe that they can only be inspired or relate to people of like identities sell themselves short and miss out on the fullness of our humanity. legendary football player jim brown said of the people who advanced his career as a youth: “the three greatest people in my life were White.” His personal holy trinity consisted of his high school coach, high school superintendent and his mentor that advised him to attend Syracuse University among other things.

Also I find it really really agitating that an alarming amount people try their hardest to apply current day morals or ethics to history or try to rewrite historical facts because someone needs to include nonsense into historical things.

Not only that. But kids have a huge capacity for imagination and imitation. Any kid can imagine being anything. Black kids can and will pretend to be Batman. White kids can and will pretend to be Mace Windu. That's perfectly natural and healthy. When I was a kid, I always pretended to be a *Blue Hedgehog* for crying out loud (one who was portrayed by a black actor, btw).

I still remember meeting a person when I was still doing Road Work who worked along me (he was a temp hire), talking about the Vikings Vahalla on Netflix. Explaining to me how cool it was that they were properly representing Black people in Viking History, while also mentioning that he had no idea beforehand till he watched The Vikings Vahalla. That is the problem. It literally teaches very ignorant people inaccuracies that they perceive to be true because they have no understanding of history, migrations, hablogroups, genetics, genealogy, etc etc etc And when I explained to him how known of what he told me was even close to truth. He proceeded to call me a whitewasher, AND THEN when the other people we were working with (A couple hispanics, and white people) were literally taking my side, he proceeded to sigh and talk about how we were trying to oppress him and his people like we (non-black people) have forever. No wonder the fucker was a temp hire though. Only temp hires act that bad at times.

When I was a kid, we were taught in Elementary, Middle and High school that the reason the Americans had a Declaration of Independence was because if they had done a Declaration of War, Britain would have known how to deal with it. Yet because a Declaration of Independence was uncommon, it gave the Americans an advantage because Britain didn’t know how to react to it. It wasn’t until I was 28 and reading “Brothers at Arms” did I learn that not only did the British know what it was, but George III decried them in Parliament for wanting to create a new empire of their own. When we teach kids incorrect information and keep reiterating it over and over again, that’s the stuff that not only do they remember, but will fight you on if you try to give them the correct information.

My goodness, we need more voices like yours. I am a black female artist from Africa and I do agree with you, man you are the future.

" I don't care what you like as long as the pizza is fully cooked " When can I get this T-shirt?

As a aspiring history teacher and life long history nerd, you sir are my personal hero

I am so glad that someone is speaking actual logic. I really couldn't have said it better than Metatron, and i agree with everything he said 100%!!! Thank you Metatron for this amazing video!

100% agree - adding diversity for the sake of ticking boxes does real damage to history, and our understanding of history.

Can't wait to see a red headed Scottish woman portraying Shaka Zulu.

History is history. It doesn’t care about our feelings, emotions or even our opinions. Metatron speaks the truth!

"What about all the dynasties of china! They don't NEED to be represented and forced inside white European history. They don't need that, because their history is just as rich." That's SO TRUE! Keep speaking truth and common sense! God bless!

As an African and a black man I'd rather see films and documentaries about the following historical figures than race swapped Ceasers and vikings. There is more than enough of them mind you this list keeps growing with research. Yaqub Al-Mansur uShaka kaSenzangakhona aka Shaka Zulu Mansa Sundiata Keita Mansa Musa Keita I Sunni Ali Ber Askia (Usurper) Muhammad Touré Sylla the Great King Kaleb Nəgusä Nägäst (Emperor) Menelik II Nəgusä Nägäst (Emperor) Zara Yaqob Qore (King)Taharqa Qore (King) Piye Qore (King) Nastasen/Ankhkhare Qore (king) Arakamani (Ergamenes) Kendake/Candace (Queen) Amanirenas King Ezana King Kalydosos/Qalidurut King Moses Georgios Changamire (warlord) Dombo Mwene Kongo (king of Kongo) Nkanga a Mvika Mwene Mutapa (King of Mutapa) Nyatsimba Mutota Damel (King) Lat Dior Ngoné Latyr Diop Mai (emperor) Idris Alooma Queen Nzinga Mbande Queen Ndate Yalla Mbodj Queen Yanu Sarauniya (Queen) Amina Imam Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi Queen mother Yaa Asantewaa Kadungure Mapondera Zumbi Dos Palmares Gasper Yanga Malik Ambar Abram Gannibal Victoria "Abdaraya Toya" Montou Suzanne Bélair Toussaint Louverture Joseph Chatoyer Yasuke Bass Reeves Marie-jeanne Lamartiniére Thomas-Alexandre Dumas Johannes Dictus Morus aka Giovanni Moro Aleksander Dynis

You just spoke from my mind and heart. I'm 84 years young, male, gay, and have 7 great-grandchildren. In the 50s, gay men weren't aware of options. I love my ex-wife, children, and all of their progeny. I was reared in a world of segregation, racial ignorance, and sexual discrimination. I completely reject all of those philosophies now, along with re-writing history. Teach it truthfully, LEARN from it, and change FUTURE history. My best to you. God bless your open mind, heart, and spirit. Keep it up, we need YOU.

Honestly he not wrong. We as black people have so much history and culture from so many places let’s have movies about our own history 😭

When I was a kid, the superhero I identified to the most was Spider-Man/Peter Parker. It was because of his cleverness, his intellectual curiosity, his sarcastic or dry sense of humour, and his infatuation with the girl next door. It didn't matter to me that Peter Parker was a white character.

I am a Hispanic born and raised in South America, and never had a problem admiring and feel impersonated by heroes of other races: Achilles, Cesar, Hanibal, Salahadin, Boudica. The problem people now just needs to cry for everything

As writer and someone with a degree in History and Latin; and as someone who has avoided creating media for RU-vid because of all the hoopla with "inclusivity and "wokeness": THANK YOU.

Ya, I agree with you. It's the same reason I couldn't watch Bridgerton. I love watching old period dramas set in the England of a few centuries ago but I also love history and while I have no problem with having a multi-ethnic caste in modern settings, it just did not fit (to the extent it was presented) with that time period in England and I really hate seeing history misrepresented because the vast majority of viewers will just adopt what they see on tv as actual history and that's dangerous to feed misinformation to people. We've seen Americans do this so often in their historical dramas and today so many Americans have a warped understanding of various historical events due to stuff like that...

useful inclusivity of history would be "lets look at American colonial period from the view of a black woman" or "what did the black africans think of ancient egypt?" This allows both opportunities for other points of view and voices that tend to be underrepresented. That isn't the same thing as making a movie about the civil war and replacing general lee with a mexican or having jackie chan play memnon of rhodes. The first 2 ideas are adding inclusivity to our culture through expanded historical viewpoints. The second 2 are examples adding inclusivity to culture through alternate history.

I watch a Denzel Washington movie and get into his character, because the Character is well written and you can sympathize with the character, he is a good actor. I'm NOT black, but I don't need to feel "represented" in order to enjoy his movies.

I never needed my heroes to look like me. That has always seemed like a silly argument to me.

Metatron, as a historian, we need more people like you, you’re not alone.

The sad thing is there's lots of really fascinating cultures throughout African history that are rarely ever brought up. There's so much more studios could cover if they wanted genuine representation. We don't need just Romans, Vikings, the same hand full of other cultures over and over again.

As a latino black man, and former teacher as well I feel every word on this video, you're spot on the money. I also fucking hate how the diversity people labelled us "Latinx" even on historical settings

The 'Viking' story has one other 'error' that drives me nuts, but it isn't about inclusivity; they're always shown caked in dirt and mud. The Danes/Norse were generally clean, well groomed people. (At least the free ones)

Children need to learn true history, you say; more importantly, as you make it very clear, children need to learn HOW to know true history. That is, how to think and learn. I trust my children watching your videos.

Stepping into the firing line today then? You've said strong things in the past on this so I'm looking forward to this video.

I’m Indian and Julius Caesar is my personal hero. I look up to him and would love to emulate him but under no circumstances do I need to see him played by an Indian guy in a movie.

“As long as the pizza is fully cooked” is by far my favorite metaphor now.

Great video.. Another important point is also that people from any race can still look up to and see themselves in a hero or character of a totally different race and feel equally inspired by or connected to that character. After all, race is only one small characteristic among many to which people define themselves

I am a Maori from New Zealand and Julius Caesar is my favorite historical figure. You do not have to look the same as somebody to empathize with them, I am fully capable of respecting his great achievements. If you need somebody to have the same surface qualities as you in order to appreciate them then you are limiting yourself.

I think inclusivity for the sake of inclusivity is foolish. For example, the series The Great uses black actors to play Russians but they don't mention a real black man in tsarist Russia. He was known as Gannibal, he helped Peter the great and was the great-grandfather of the great writer Pushkin.

I would actually love to see a series based on the great kingdoms, legends and heroes of Africa. It is definitely a subject not covered enough if at all. As someone pointed out in the comments every culture and ethnicity is an integral part of the history of humanity.

I totally agree with you on everything. And wish to add an example of my opinion of the following: Avery Brooks was selected to play Benjamin Sisko (Deep Space Nine) from among 100 other possible candidates. He was chosen because of his skill, charisma, and as I'd presume, behavioral compatibility with what the writer would imagine that character to have in the series. He was chosen because of skill and effort. And being a skilled actor. The fact that he is black is irrelevant. Further more. Prior to the show, that character did not exist, and thus had no precedent. So Avery Brooks being cast as Sisko is what I call natural and organic inclusivity free of agenda or bias. What do you think.

From the way I see it, history is there to tell you what happened, not to please someone. If people will be offended because of history, then that's their problem. Thanks for sharing this Metatron.

As someone with an African heritage I agree with you 100%. You made some really good points not many dare to speak on. Keep these amazing videos coming 💜

Let’s not forget AMC is coming out with a series about Anne Boylen, with a Black actress in the role. What is next: a movie about Napoleon with a six-foot tall Asian in the role?

Put that title on a T-shirt! I'm getting so tired of people complaining about history or making up lies because the truth hurts their feelings. There is only one truth, one way history happened - these are not debatable things. I really appreciate your videos, man. Never stop!

Speaking of misconceptions, slavery has been mostly associated to Europeans enslaving Africans. Slavery is to humans as feathers to birds. Existed between people of the same ethnicity and as of today, still prevails in certain societies. I fully support your opinion, because we share the same perspective. And if they feel offended, well, then your opinion is being discriminated

As someone who loves Hawaiian pizza, I am tired of it being persecuted, shamed and looked down upon constantly in movies and TV shows! Thank you so much for making an entire video on the plight of us pineapple pizza lovers Metatron! P.S. in all seriousness. Great video, love what you do.

Stories like that of Yasuke are sometimes perceived as justification for anachronistic diversity. In reality the fact that we remember them just proves how extraordinary these ethnic outliers were in their historic context.

A program that is a breath of fresh air: Logical honest and intelligent. I've been needing this much more than I realized. Thank you!

As an asian i never feel like I cannot relate to the histories and struggles of other cultures and races just because they dont look or share the same skin as me. You respect diversity by respecting and appreciating the different races and cultures, not by trying to make them the same. The celebration of inclusivity is by embracing the fact that all humans can empathize with the struggles of others, not by forcing others into another's histories or turning a person of historical importance into something that he or she is not, not even in appearance. I would feel insulted if they changed Julius Caesar into an asian just because they are trying to promote inclusivity. If you want to promote appreciation for asians, then you portray real asian figures. By trying to make an Italian an asian, you are basically saying there is no one in my history that's worth talking about so you export a white western person to be ours. Thats incredibly rude and insulting, in fact, its incredibly rac1st.

The go-to-example I use when this topic comes up is this: when Kingdom Come Deliverance came out, journos and SJWs complained that it didn't have representation for blacks and asians in a more-or-less historically accurate medieval setting that was 99.9% ethnically homogeneous. Ghost of Tsuima was also set in a more-or-less historically accurate medieval setting that was 99.9% ethnically homogeneous, and yet I've never once seen any journos or SJWs crying about how it doesn't have any black or white representation.

It really makes me cringe when people use inclusivity in history to make others feel a certain way.

Just found your channel with a couple days ago!! Really appreciate the facts, it's getting really hard to find channels, shows, movies that stick to them. Very refreshing.