thirstygirlclub:littlebearie:simplyahopelessdaydreamer: I remember a teacher telling me how Arch
thirstygirlclub: littlebearie: simplyahopelessdaydreamer: I remember a teacher telling me how Archaeologists would hack off the noses of statues they found in order to remove any indication that it was of a black person or any POC. It hurts me to think of all the art we’ve lost and damaged because of historical revisionism and flat out racism. I…wasn’t taught this. Only about penises being broken off as censorship. When I was in primary school (around 8 or 9) I asked why none of the Egyptian statues had noses. They lied to us and said that they broke off because they were a really fragile bit of the statues so when I learnt the real reason (years later) I was so pissed off with teachers for lying to millions of school children around the world. It’s disgusting and needs to be taught properly. -- source link