Juliet Was Black?
It turns out that Othello wasn't Shakespeare's only African or Moorish character. Below is the official Juliet statue in Verona, by Italian sculptor Nereo Costantini, in 1972. Tourists love to rub her breast for some reason, which is why it is shiny. It has led to accusations that the statue is being sexually harassed. Who knew?
At her worst, she has looked like the other Munich Juliet (there are two), shown below. This one is near the Marienplatz. All these Juliet statues have suffered damage from too much breast-rubbing. Why do people do this? Because it is supposed to help us be lucky in love.
Other notable figures whom people forget were Black: Alexandre Dumas, Alexander Pushkin and probably King Tut and Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence