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“They’re trying to rewrite history” – woman gets schooled over her racist take on Vanity Fair

We’ve all seen those people who get a bee in their bonnet about perceived historical accuracy, like the time Paul Joseph Watson had to be schooled on the diversity of Roman Britain.

A very vocal Brexit Party supporter wasn’t happy about the inclusion of a black character in a 2018 adaptation of Vanity Fair, which is ironic, because he’s black in the book.

This is what triggered her.

And this was her ill-informed comment.

We’ve established that she hasn’t read the book, but we can only assume she didn’t watch the TV show either, because the character of Sam, played by Richie Campbell, is a servant, not a landowner.

However, Twitter had some free education for Ms. Mason.

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Mark S. Maquisard pointed out something genuinely problematic from the acting world.

Presumably, Nadine Mason will be writing some outraged tweets about that any minute now …any minute now …

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Alt-right mouthpiece gets a terrific lesson on diversity in Roman Britain

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