John Smith wrote on Dec 28
th, 2021 at 11:31am:
Quote:Medieval Scottish lord was a black dude
he wasn't the only one
King Kenneth Dubh – Black King of Scotland
A curious aspect of the early history of Scotland concerns various stories around Kenneth. King Kenneth was also known as ‘Kenneth the Niger’ or Kenneth Dubh, a surname which means ‘the black man’.
Bollocks on stilts.
The idea of a black King of Scots seems bizarrely counter to all expectations, but that does not of itself make it false. So is it true? Was Kenneth black?
The first thing to note is that “Black So-and-so” has always been, and remains to this day, a commonplace nickname in Scotland referring to hair colour. Somebody “the Black” need no more be African than Rob Roy MacGregor was Native American because ruadh means red. Furthermore, Kenneth was not actually called Cínaed Dubh at all, but Cínaed mac Dhuibh: Dubh was not a descriptor, but his father’s name. He was actually known as Cínaed an Donn, Kenneth the Brown.
This is a mania, casting blacks in obviously white historic roles. Arsene Lupin, a belle epoch French gentleman thief in now played by a West African on Netflix.
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