MDDM "The Rabbit in the moon"
MalignD at aol.com
MalignD at aol.com
Fri Jul 12 14:32:38 CDT 2002
<<I doubt that everybody shares Malign's reactionary opinion ...>>
Holding the claims of much of Afrocentric "history" to normal standards of
judgement is hardly reactionary. Afrocentrism, as it exists today and as it
operates on may college campuses, is more a political movement, a lever of
power, than it is a serious scholastic endeavor.
Afrocentrist "scholars" have claimed, among other things, that classical
culture was in fact stolen from the Egyptians, plundered from the libraries
at Alexandria, one of the plunderers being Aristotle. A neat trick on the
wily Greek's part, since the library wasn't built until after Aristotle's
death.
These aren't Dr. Walker's claims or necessarily her beliefs, but they are
part of the arguments that form the Afrocentrist position Dr. Walker embraces
and with which she identifies herself.
But this isn't the first time that Millison has backed his opinions with
cites from less-than-reliable sources, responding with name-calling to those
who point it out.
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