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A Moor. Africa at the time was Moor. The Moors came into Africa soon after capturing part of Spain and they crossed at Gladiator, so every black man who made his way into Europe was called at Moor. Not many did.

'Gladiator'? Do you mean 'Gibraltar'? 'Gladiator' is not a place, it's a Roman fighter. Surely the Moors were in Africa before capturing part of Spain?

The Moor refers to a certain type of Black, with classical African facial traits as: a black complexion, frizzled hear, a flat face, a broad nose, thick and prognastic lips, and high cheeckbones. This type also symbolised pure blood. Othello The Moor is a symbol, and a person. As a symbol of nobility, he is blame less. His demerits are personal. He is the highest ranking person in the play, and the remarks we today see as racist, are really mild criticism of the nobility and kingship by the regent class, the affluent citizens who engaged in trade. Because of descriptions we know there were many Blacks in Europe, they were the first Europeans, but not all conformed to the type of the Moor, as they might have been Asian or fair skinned Africans, or mixed with whites. sill they considered themselves as Blacks.

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