alberto72 said:

It is about the quality of the movie. But the quality of the movie will be very poor if the truth is ignored or twisted. Look at how Jesus is sometimes depicted, blond hair and blue eyes, that couldn't be further from the truth. In this day and age Black people have the power to stand up for the truth that depicts them in a positive light. Ask yourself this, why are black people referred to as "African American"? Could it be because black people are originally from Africa? So now we have a very powerful African but all of a sudden he's not black? Damn where's the logic or justice in that? As soon as it's proven that a BLACK person had any real significance in this world people begin to find ways to discredit him or strip him of his culture. All I'm asking is to give credit where credit is due. Hannibal was an African man, a BLACK African Man. He should be depicted as that in the movie.

alberto72 said:

It is about the quality of the movie. But the quality of the movie will be very poor if the truth is ignored or twisted. Look at how Jesus is sometimes depicted, blond hair and blue eyes, that couldn't be further from the truth. In this day and age Black people have the power to stand up for the truth that depicts them in a positive light. Ask yourself this, why are black people referred to as "African American"? Could it be because black people are originally from Africa? So now we have a very powerful African but all of a sudden he's not black? Damn where's the logic or justice in that? As soon as it's proven that a BLACK person had any real significance in this world people begin to find ways to discredit him or strip him of his culture. All I'm asking is to give credit where credit is due. Hannibal was an African man, a BLACK African Man. He should be depicted as that in the movie.

astrosaki said:

it does infact matter if he was or was not black, because this is another case of history being rewritten to appeal to euro-centricism.
if u want to argue that the busts found of him look like he isnt black, then i will argue of the busts found of JESUS that clearly depict him as black found hundreds of ears before michalangelo's paintings, and paintings of a black jesus and the black madonna before michangalo also, but constatine paid michalangelo o paint him as white so he did, and history was rewritten

astrosaki said:

it does infact matter if he was or was not black, because this is another case of history being rewritten to appeal to euro-centricism.
if u want to argue that the busts found of him look like he isnt black, then i will argue of the busts found of JESUS that clearly depict him as black found hundreds of ears before michalangelo's paintings, and paintings of a black jesus and the black madonna before michangalo also, but constatine paid michalangelo o paint him as white so he did, and history was rewritten

astrosaki said:

it does infact matter if he was or was not black, because this is another case of history being rewritten to appeal to euro-centricism.
if u want to argue that the busts found of him look like he isnt black, then i will argue of the busts found of JESUS that clearly depict him as black found hundreds of ears before michalangelo's paintings, and paintings of a black jesus and the black madonna before michangalo also, but constatine paid michalangelo o paint him as white so he did, and history was rewritten

shabazz said:

That bust that was shown is a European's idea of who Hannibal was and not the African's idea of the real Hannibal. Caucasians will say just about anything to disprove the real African Hannibal even if it making a fake bust of him to please the European people. And how do we really know that the bust is really Hannibal and not someone's idea of what he thinks Hannibal was. Hannibal is and always will be an African no matter what the Caucasian thinks Hannibal is.

Longshot said:

1. Would a person born in the Middle East be black? The answer is no.

yghamel said:

I am olive.

Aeneas said:

astrosaki said:

it does infact matter if he was or was not black, because this is another case of history being rewritten to appeal to euro-centricism.
if u want to argue that the busts found of him look like he isnt black, then i will argue of the busts found of JESUS that clearly depict him as black found hundreds of ears before michalangelo's paintings, and paintings of a black jesus and the black madonna before michangalo also, but constatine paid michalangelo o paint him as white so he did, and history was rewritten

Um... actually Jesus wasn't black, nor was he white either. He was more middle eastern looking rather. Black/brownish hair, dark eyes and very tan.

Second Michalangelo didn't get paid to paint Jesus white. 2 reasons, 1 Michalangelo only did statues/sculputres of Jesus, usually with Mary. Second, Constantine and Michelangelo lived only a few centuries apart, but hey lets not have facts ruin a perfectly good debate.

As far as Hannibal, he wasn't black or white either, he was Tyrian-Phoenician which would be almost present day Lebanon. So that would be middle eastern decent as well.

Before you start playing the race card, why don't you do some history checking to learn the rules of the game before showing your hand.