Here is Quetzalcoatl (and not in his usual winged serpent form) from the pre-Spanish Maya. Does he look like a white man to you or a local indigenous person? Don’t you think if Hancock didn’t want to just perpetuate racist bullshit he could have just looked that up himself, what with being a journalist and all?
But that’s just one image, right? And no color! I’m sure after the Spanish came and had them draw him…
Oh.
I thought journalists were supposed to do research.
Of course, if you’re a journalist who wishes to perpetuate racism…
No. I think he perpetuates that racism.
Here is Quetzalcoatl (and not in his usual winged serpent form) from the pre-Spanish Maya. Does he look like a white man to you or a local indigenous person? Don’t you think if Hancock didn’t want to just perpetuate racist bullshit he could have just looked that up himself, what with being a journalist and all?
But that’s just one image, right? And no color! I’m sure after the Spanish came and had them draw him…
Oh.
I thought journalists were supposed to do research.
Of course, if you’re a journalist who wishes to perpetuate racism…