#because such acknowledging the reality of modern and ancient greekness would weaken those arguments

[kefnut-the-gweilologist]

there’s this greek guy on tiktok talking abt how greek culture and identity is represented (or more accurately, not represented) in media that’s decidedly set in greece and its really interesting and also says a lot abt what whiteness does to a culture

#granted he’s not actually saying whiteness directly #but like im watching it and its very clear that whiteness is whats going on #like he’s talking a lot abt how greek gods/myths in western media r devoid of greek identity/culture #and im sitting here musing on the ways whiteness maes arguments abt its supposed superiority #and how it simultaneously claims that its the inheritor of the classical greek tradition #while also having to ignore the fact that greece was and is constantly interacting with with w asia #because such acknowledging the reality of modern and ancient greekness would weaken those arguments #he also goes into some detail on how greek identity (outside of classical greek shit) is like laughingstock in western media #and im sitting here nodding along going ‘in part because ur historic and contemporary connection to w asia put u at the edge of whiteness’