Reasonable Blackman Silk Weaver

Reasonable Blackman Reasonable Blackman was a silk weaver resident in Southwark, London, in the late sixteenth century. He was among the earliest people of African heritage working as independent business owners in London in that era. Wikipedia

The image is a screenshot styled like a Wikipedia entry titled “Reasonable Blackman,” showing historical portraits of a Black man in sixteenth-century clothing. The joke comes from the absurdly specific and unexpected historical figure, presented with the deadpan authority of Wikipedia, making it useful as a reaction to something surprisingly reasonable or oddly factual. EN: The image is a screenshot styled like a Wikipedia entry titled “Reasonable Blackman,” showing historical portraits of a Black man in sixteenth-century clothing. The joke comes from the absurdly specific and unexpected historical figure, presented with the deadpan authority of Wikipedia, making it useful as a reaction to something surprisingly reasonable or oddly factual.

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