On May 2, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Duveyoung wrote:
Afrocentrism is no more or less ignorant than any of the beliefs of
every religion on Earth....including the secular religions of
"democracy," "I'm a good guy," and "What me worry."
Well, it's not a religion, but it does sometimes impact it.
For example, there are a lot of Egyptian cults in the black community
(some which are actually quite interesting). I've met a lot of
interesting people through them.
Talk about the blind leading the blind is, well, spurious, when in
fact every group of humans will use delusions for the social glue.
Well, we shouldn't be bringing them into science, history, academia
and our schools. It took centuries since the Enlightenment for science
to build up the knowledge we have today. Can you imagine the
disconnect some hard-working African-American student would have to
endure if, for example, they raised their hand in a college
biochemistry class and mentioned that melanin actually biochemically
gave some people psychic abilities or faster reaction times? Or if
they went to Egypt and in talking to Egyptians expressed their belief
that Black African-Americans were their descendants? I have seen the
latter, and it was not a pretty scene.
But OTOH, I've sat in ritual spaces with Black "Egyptian" priestesses
who did know what they doing and they were themselves awakening
because of it. That is quite beautiful to see.
Because of denial being the very fabric of all ideologies, I'm
inclined to largely forgive Afrocentrism's motivations and take a step
back before I chide its conclusions which are simply as skewed as,
say, Fox News.
Well I suggest you pickup Lefkowitz's book if it ever grabs your
fancy. If having read that and you still want to see these myths being
taught as facts to your kids at the HS or college level, then get back
to me.
