Exodus:Kings & Gods
I’ve been asked by a few people my thoughts on the new movie, Exodus: Gods and Kings, and I don’t have much to say. I have no intentions to see it (not even on bootleg). I’m above watching white supremacist propaganda pieces. It doesn’t matter if it’s well acted, written or directed. I won’t even entertain my mind with that non-sense. I know that a lot of people are upset with the “whitewashing” of ancient Kemet (Egypt). But Hollywood owes you nothing; they invested over 140 million dollars in this propaganda piece, and their biggest concern is making a profit, not pleasing you.
Europeans already went up in Egypt and excavated whatever they felt like taking from those pyramids. And thousands of stolen African artifacts are stored in the Vatican as we speak. And they came up with something called Egyptology (the study of Egypt, according to European archaeologists). So, a small group of archaeologists have control of the information, and collectively decides whose research of Egypt is legitimate and whose research is considered illegitimate. As a result, a lot of scholars, like John Henrik Clarke and J.A Rogers’ works, were considered pseudo-science. Because, of course, their work were deemed illegitimate because they didn’t get co-signed from European Scientist.
Exodus: Gods & Kings is made to cater for the self-esteem of White males, between the age of 25-35, as well as Christians that have bought into the Europeanized version of Christianity. Their priority isn’t to uplift African people with their historic achievements. This movie will probably be shown in history classes, around the world. The other purpose is to confuse future generations of the facts about Egypt. But for the people of color out there, why are you looking to anyone else to tell your history? Why are you upset when someone discredits you? Are you surprised that they’re rewriting your history? They have the power to do so because you gave it to them. This affects all cultures as well. For example, casting, David Carradine Kung Fu, the TV series, instead of Bruce Lee.
I look at the Indian community, they get denigrated just like any other community (taxi driver or store owner with a heavy accent). But the difference with them is that they have their own film industry (Bollywood). They control their own image; so when Hollywood denigrates them, it doesn’t sting as much. They have an alternative to telling their stories the way it’s supposed to be told. If you follow Hollywood, you’ll believe the myth that you made no contribution to history, and you were “savages” and were enslaved to help you. So, of course, they want you to believe they created the Egyptian Empire, and they mysteriously disappeared. Furthermore, some people say it’s just a stupid fake Hollywood movie; it’s not worth getting upset over. But Hollywood has been making medieval movies about the Dark Ages of Europe for years. That’s their history and everyone leaves them alone, nobody undermines them or rewrites their history. It’s one thing to be deceptive about things and hoping others don’t figure you out. But Fox has invested 20-40 million dollars in promotion, and is going across the globe to promote their “historic achievements”. They don’t understand the Egyptian technology, but they might as well, take credit for it and exploit it. The good thing is that people aren’t putting up with B.S anymore. The petition and social media have worked, and Exodus appears to be bombing. Kudos to everyone that boycotted that movie. Hurting them in their wallet is the only way they’ll take you seriously. But the next step is to be self-sufficient, do your own research, and make your own conclusion.