Word: afrocentricism
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Powe's parents own a company that produces educational textbooks and sells Afrocentric greeting cards, mugs and imported jewelry.
Says Newsome: "I welcomed the Supreme Court decision. I saw it as an opportunity for the first time in years to focus on removing the vestiges of segregation. For 10 years we've concentrated on bringing in white kids. There's been no Afrocentric-themed magnet school because it doesn...
As a result, black studies fell into a long decline on many campuses, which was made worse by the buffoonery and outright nonsense of some of the field's best-known advocates. At City College, part of the City University of New York, for example, former black-studies chairman Leonard...
Philadelphia's Temple University, meanwhile, has become the standard-bearer for the responsible wing of the Afrocentric movement under the leadership of Molefi Kete Asante. His department includes the leading Egyptologist Theophile Obenga, as well as professors of African dance and linguistics. All 35 students who have received doctorates from...
The team that Gates assembled is overwhelmingly on the left side of the spectrum because, he says, he has not yet been able to entice a black conservative or an Afrocentric with Harvard-worthy credentials. And though they disagree on many issues, they agree that black studies is not for...