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Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts) Mon Mar 8, 2021, 07:35 PM Mar 2021

B-b-but I saw on the TV show Bridgerton that British aristocracy... [View all]

Was just alive with people of color! Why, the queen as recently as 1813 was of African descent! The Duke of HASTINGS and his whole family were, too!

Surely, that wasn't a lot of revisionist history bullshit, was it? You can't seriously be suggesting to me that European royals are, and have always been, totally racist white supremacist assholes. I thought it was Americans that started that. You know, when they came over here from...

Never mind.

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B-b-but I saw on the TV show Bridgerton that British aristocracy... [View all] Dave Starsky Mar 2021 OP

I think Meghan should make an appearance on Bridgerton. DURHAM D Mar 2021 #1

... markie Mar 2021 #2

There were rumors that Queen Charlotte had at least a little African ancestry. Aristus Mar 2021 #3

It is very likely... Happy Hoosier Mar 2021 #8

well dsc Mar 2021 #4

They don't even admit that their family name is Saxe-Coberg und Gotha. And the Prince had... TreasonousBastard Mar 2021 #5

I really think they should be DNA tested. Lets see how many are really real English. Srkdqltr Mar 2021 #6

The only part of the British Isle not subjected to repeated waves of invaders is Ireland... Hekate Mar 2021 #10

I was being sarcastic because they were worried about the color of Megan's baby. Srkdqltr Mar 2021 #11

The Queen was born in England, as were her parents and grandparents. Treefrog Mar 2021 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Mar 2021 #14

That's how it should be. gldstwmn Mar 2021 #7

Pssst. Bridgerton is set in an alternate universe; they just didn't tell you that up front. nt Hekate Mar 2021 #9

Dumbest show on television. BannonsLiver Mar 2021 #13