It is not about being Black or White or even Yellow. Let's say they wanted to portray Cleopatra as a man, we would also object to that." Does it matter if Netflix's Cleopatra is Black or White?

Jon Jackson is a News Editor at Newsweek based in New York. His focus is on reporting on the Ukraine and Russia war. Jon previously worked at The Week, the River Journal, Den of Geek and Maxim.

Among the 500-plus sculptors with work on view, only one was Black: Edmonia Lewis. Her Death of Cleopatra ... white vigilantes. She was acquitted, but a year later was accused of stealing art ...

"[Cleopatra] was an African woman ... before British colonialism so she was a Black woman," he said. "It reminds me of old cowboy movies where the White guy ... you have the art and you have ...

Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing “African Queens” docu-series “Queen Cleopatra,” which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched ...

An Egyptian lawyer has filed a lawsuit against streaming giant Netflix for depicting Pharoh Cleopatra as a Black woman in a new ... and Netflix was accused of white-washing the historical figure.

The Guardian's Hanna Flint called it "a backwards step for Hollywood representation", while director Lexi Alexander said a black actress ... told Newsweek: "Cleopatra VII was white - of Macedonian ...