…no?
Comment on “This script is fantastic. Let’s get Julia Roberts to play Harriet Tubman.”
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoDoes the phrase “underground railroad” mean anything to you?
HollowNaught@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Okay, Harriet Tubman, born into slavery in the early 1800s, escaped slavery, probably best known today for helping other slaves escape to free states via a system of secret routes, sympathizers and safe houses referred to as the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad had nothing to do with trains, it was just a code word. Tubman went on to serve as a spy for the Union army during the American civil war, and was a figure in the women’s suffrage movement, surviving into the 20th century.
So, the fact that she was a black woman is kind of important to Harriet Tubman’s lore, and casting Julia Roberts in the role is rather inappropriate.
MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Congrats on being one of the lucky 10,000 learning something new, especially about a genuine hero!
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I can’t help but wonder if the down voters are unfamiliar with the comic and didn’t click it, because it sounds a little condescending otherwise lol.
Squirrelanna@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
I don’t see down votes but that’s pretty funny to be honest.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Just adding on to others, they made her a leader you can play as in Civ 7. (This is just a fun fact, obviously she’s important outside of being in a video game.) civilization.fandom.com/…/Harriet_Tubman_(Civ7)
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
We call it the subway nowadays.
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Like the Eurostar
CanadianCarl@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Not everyone is from North America. That is like me asking you, does “Dr. Kwame Nkrumah” mean anything to you?
andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Tbh, it should. American educations don’t touch Africa barring a dip into Egypt, which usually compresses the dynasties in a way that does nothing for a deeper understanding. Even as someone with a BA in history, that watched the course listing like a hawk for “history of the Sahel” or “history of the Mali empire” or some lovely 3000-4000 course - nothing.
I should have been taught who Nkrumah was. And Léopold Senghor, and Kenyatta…
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Instead, I lean on The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith. Which is a good book, but by a journalist, not a historian.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
C’mon, there are lots of NBA fans outside of the United States.
Soulg@ani.social 3 weeks ago
If only that question was a direct response to someone talking about an American historical figure by name.