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The_Ivory_Man posted...

So first off a Tumblr called "MedievalPoC" is you source here?

And what's wrong? They never give an example of black people in Bohemia, just that paintings depicting Africans were done. People were always interested in culture outside their own why do you think Aladdin "takes place" in China?

And yes, the burden of proof is on the person claiming they were around in number. That's how it works. Weird how there are documented communities for some minorities like Jews and Turkic people but not for black people almost like they weren't present there

My source is what I found when I tried to trace the outrage to its roots. That tumblr post being shown on tumblrinaction seems to have triggered a lot of shit and brought a lot of attention to the issue.

As for the credibility of the tumblr account that specializes in poc in history? I'm inclined to defer, since they seem quite well read, they present arguments in a well-structured manner, and they provide clear references.
I'm not saying anything is wrong, but to me it definitely looks like the statement that "poc in 15th century Bohemia were very very rare" isn't entirely correct. And let's be clear, I'm not talking about black people, I'm talking about people of color, because that's what MedievalPOC is talking about.
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