“They’re trying to rewrite history” – woman gets schooled over her racist take on Vanity Fair
We’ve all seen those people who get a bee in their bonnet about perceived historical accuracy, like the time Paul Joseph Watson had to be schooled on the diversity of Roman Britain.
A very vocal Brexit Party supporter wasn’t happy about the inclusion of a black character in a 2018 adaptation of Vanity Fair, which is ironic, because he’s black in the book.
This is what triggered her.
I'm not racist at all. I've two mixed race kids. But, I'm utterly fed up with multi-cultural and other PC propaganda on BBC & other mainstream media & advertising. It is social engineering, there seems to be a neo-Marxist subplot. Why? Who controls it all? The intensity grows.
— Mike Yardley (@YardleyShooting) February 16, 2020
And this was her ill-informed comment.
Vanity fair set in 1800 ish and depicting this member of British aristocracy. They are trying to rewrite history too. pic.twitter.com/v88dEhtik8
— Nadine Mason (@nadineamason1) February 16, 2020
We’ve established that she hasn’t read the book, but we can only assume she didn’t watch the TV show either, because the character of Sam, played by Richie Campbell, is a servant, not a landowner.
However, Twitter had some free education for Ms. Mason.
1.
Wait til you find out that Jesus didn't speak English, or sing a pop song in the garden of Gethsemane. https://t.co/McOOhImvuR
— Otto English (@Otto_English) February 20, 2020
2.
Star Wars was set “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away” and yet we are supposed to believe that most characters are anatomically modern humans speaking English. They are trying to rewrite history too. pic.twitter.com/c7L6TFbYUZ
— David QC (@DavidMuttering) February 20, 2020
3.
Ah yes, because as we all know, black people weren't invented until the late 1940's https://t.co/L5V6ZnM6RJ
— Hex ⚧️ (@Hexatrix) February 20, 2020
4.
Does she think Vanity Fair is meant to be a true story or something? Does she think all non-contemporary novels are somehow history and not fiction? pic.twitter.com/AG5xJR4tsH
— Red Sky At Night (@redskyatnight) February 20, 2020
5.
The man who used his mixed kids to defend his racist tweet has opened the door to a wave of bigoted ignorance. The establishement does rewrite history but not in favour of non white ppl. Black ppl lived in Britain even before 1800s & yes some were very wealthy https://t.co/yjxG4TkP73
— Marsha Garratt (@mcg1981) February 20, 2020
6.
Well, no. The myth that the only black people in the UK were slaves or servants is, oddly enough, a myth. Crack open a history book or two or have a browse through https://t.co/yMavqZW02H
— Deb W (@Deborahw37) February 19, 2020
Mark S. Maquisard pointed out something genuinely problematic from the acting world.
I remember Alec Guinness (English) playing an Arab prince (Lawrence of Arabia, 1962) and a Brahmin scholar (A Passage To India, 1984). Also Errol Flynn (Australian) playing a North Indian horse trader (Kim, 1950). Don't even get me started on Anthony Quinn.
— Mark S Maquisard 🇪🇺🔶🇪🇺⚫️ (@FanaticRealist) February 20, 2020
Presumably, Nadine Mason will be writing some outraged tweets about that any minute now …any minute now …
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