Afrocentrism

Good article, thanks Decebal.

Originally posted by Decebal This is a good article written by a white Egyptologist who teaches at Brown university, which is almost exclusively frequented by black students. Provides some good perspective: http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/afrocent_roth.html

That link is a bunch of nonsense, just a ad-hominem attack.

Be careful, Red Clay. The guy is promoting an agenda. I believe.

Originally posted by red clay Originally posted by X-Ras Originally posted by Decebal This is a good article written by a white Egyptologist who teaches at Brown university, which is almost exclusively frequented by black students. Provides some good perspective: http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/afrocent_roth.html That link is a bunch of nonsense, just a ad-hominem attack. � � � Having, in essence, just told me that you didn't read the article, why don't you go back and do so.� You will find that it is not an attack of any kind, but rather a scholarly read.� Quite well sourced and well written. � �

This is the same Ann Roth who said Nubians were not black, give me a break, I'm well aware of these straw attacks on Afrocentrism.

Could you provide a link, X-Ras to the article or some other place where this author said that the Nubians were not black? I find it very doubtful that a history professor teaching at Howard would make such a statement, at least literally.

Originally posted by X-Ras This is the same Ann Roth who said Nubians were not black, give me a break, I'm well aware of these straw attacks on Afrocentrism.

Does it even matter?

The discussion if Nubians are black is more relevant for the definition of black than for the characteristics of the Nubians.

Nubians: I agree, they were what one would call black. Ancient Egyptians... we've had several really long discussions about it already. The best answer is that they were most likely a multiracial society, similar to today's Brazilians for example, or for that matter to today's Egyptians. They had "black" people and they had "white" people, and most of them were somewhere in between. To argue that they were exclusively one or the other is misguided and smacks of racism.

X-RAS,

Originally posted by pinguin X-RAS, � You have an "Afrocentric" agenda, haven't you? � I believe this site is for discussing history with facts, not for spreading agendas. � Pinguin

No, i have no Afrocentric agenda, please don't use that cliched strawman because it will not work. If you can't argue in favor of your view, don't use a strawman.

What the hell is a "biological African" here? What is not a biological African? Geographical Africans seem entirely unproblematic in the context. But "biological"?