Do you think value despite its many historical inaccuracies

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Assignment:

The Ancient Egypt Matters reading that you just finished touches upon a deeply problematic, and yet extremely common, debate surrounding the racial origins of ancient Egyptians and Greeks, specifically notions of their perceived "whiteness" or "blackness." Martin Bernal's book Black Athena is often at the center of this debate. What do you make of Bernal's argument? Do you think it has any value despite its many historical inaccuracies?

At any point in your own life, have you ever encountered this debate in any way, shape, or form? If so, where and in what context? According to the reading, why should we--as historians--be careful, and perhaps even suspicious, of attempts to superimpose modern concepts of race and nationality onto the past?

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