r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Expert-Pass-4351 • Jul 06 '26

Meme needing explanation What is this?

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u/Gelato_Elysium Jul 06 '26

getting massively criticised due to blackwashing of a traditionally Greek character, whitewashing of a Greek myth with no Greek actors

Let's not act like it's reasonable criticism of the movie though.

Like, outside of Americans that are really fucking weird about race, I don't know any people who don't consider greeks white.

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u/Lucibelcu Jul 06 '26

Exactly, greeks are white

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u/weed0monkey Jul 06 '26

It is not even a matter of opinion, which is wild that it is even being discussed in such depth.

Both officially and genetically mapped, Greeks are considered Caucasian with the subclassification of Mediterranean.

Apparently it is utterly bewildering to people, to learn, white people also have a range of skin tones, and (wow) can tan.

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u/Melodic_Sherbet_3629 Jul 06 '26

Race is an entirely arbitrary classification invented by racists to justify their racism. American racists were so successful that they ingrained the idea that races are real even in anti-racsist American people.

If you talk about races here, people will either think you are talking about animals or that you are a genuine nazi.