r/Angryupvote 13d ago

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u/Far_Ladder_2836 13d ago

Lupita Nyong'o is black and plays Helen.  The original poster in the meme thinks this would be fixed by casting the above actress who, if you've wver been to Greece, looks way more caucasian/white than your average Greek.

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u/Character-Pirate1297 13d ago

More model-ish than the average Greek sure, but not more caucasian. Their majority is light skinned like this. Google “Greek people faces” and you’ll see it.

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u/Able-Swing-6415 13d ago

Also plenty of cultures had fair skin as a beauty ideal or still have like India. Not sure about ancient Greek. Hell maybe they loved black skin.

Either way "the most beautiful person in the country" usually doesn't look like everyone else.

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u/OscarMMG 13d ago

If you actually study Ancient Greece, the material culture and literary sources all say that the beauty standards for women was light skin- being pale was a sign of wealth since it meant a woman didn’t have to work outdoors. All ancient depictions of Helen of Troy thus make her pale skinned if they described her colour.