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Magao cave paintings --

Posted by Les on 7/14/2025, 2:13 pm

Now, TheOne, when I Googled "Blacks, Mogao cave paintings," it found the ones that are obscured.

See link center --->

Re: Magao cave paintings --

Posted by theone on 7/15/2025, 1:21 am, in reply to "Magao cave paintings --"

As usual, unclear and difficult to understand.

Anyway, promoting historical inaccuracies has always been a Eurocentric affair. Afrocentrism came around to correct that and put things in order.

Re: Magao cave paintings --

Posted by Les on 7/15/2025, 11:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Magao cave paintings --"

They messed with the link, TheOne; plus the AI isn't programmed to point out that those Black people in Asia are descended from those in Africa.

Your search engines in Belgium may bring-up a different finding, also.

Of course you're adept at finding the hidden stuff anyway--

https://www.google.com/search?q=blacks%2C+mogao+cave+paintings&sca_esv=c4dc2b92c0ad888e&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS930US930&udm=2&biw=1440&bih=900&sxsrf=AE3TifNWy-M0K_AF72njNP35lZUwbArLTg%3A1752639266422&ei=Iid3aL3HGcywptQP297i2Qg&oq=%22Blacks%2C+Mogao+cave+paintings%22&gs_lp=EgNpbWciHiJCbGFja3MsIE1vZ2FvIGNhdmUgcGFpbnRpbmdzIioCCAAyBxAjGCcYyQJI-hFQAFgAcAF4AJABAJgBAKABAKoBALgBAcgBAJgCAaACCJgDAIgGAZIHATGgBwCyBwC4BwDCBwMyLTHIBwU&sclient=img

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As usual, unclear and difficult to understand.

Anyway, promoting historical inaccuracies has always been a Eurocentric affair. Afrocentrism came around to correct that and put things in order.

Re: Magao cave paintings --

Posted by gm on 7/22/2025, 1:02 pm, in reply to "Re: Magao cave paintings --"

First I heard of these paintings was from Dr Ben..
He got some backlash for point out the African presence in that area..
Subsequently some scholars did verify the Black presence etc..
One notorious Asian historian attributed the "blackness" of some figures to certain chemical reactions to blah blah..
The notion that Africans also plied their trade during the "silk Road" era is beyond some to grasp..
The Western framing of any African presence any where outside this side of the world is due to slavery, has done serious damage to Black folks history, image, etc etc.

Btw my peeps, it is MOGAO, not 'Magoa'. There!

Hmmm, should be spelled “Mogao” Caves… .

Posted by Les on 7/22/2025, 1:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Magao cave paintings --"

Great to be surrounded by scholars. Appreciate that, GM. Yes, the Western framing of any of our history and culture should always be suspect. They have deep insecurities and have misappropriated virtually all of our achievements.

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