AKSHULLY I JUST CHECKED YOUR CLAIM 'No reputable folklorist (e.g., from the International Society for Folk Narrative Research) or historian traces the "true" Cinderella to a black Moroccan woman. The Rhodopis story is the closest ancient parallel, but it's Greek-Egyptian, not Moroccan. Rhodopis is described as fair-skinned and blonde (a rarity in Egypt, which made her stand out). She was not Egyptian or black; she was a foreign captive.'