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1 online resource (xxxv, 172 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-164) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. If Everybody Was a King, Who Built the Pyramids? Afrocentrism and Black American History -- pt. 2. "All God's Dangers Ain't a White Man," or "Not All Knowledge Is Power." |
| Summary |
"As expounded by Molefi Kete Asante, Yosef Ben-Jochannan, and others, Afrocentrism encourages black Americans to discard their recent history, with its inescapable white presence, and to embrace instead an empowering vision of their African (specifically Egyptian) ancestors as the source of western civilization. Walker marshals a phalanx of serious scholarship to rout these ideas. He shows, for instance, that ancient Egyptian society was not black but a melange of ethnic groups, and questions whether, in any case, the pharaonic regime offers a model for blacks today, asking, "if everybody was a King, who built the pyramids?" But for Walker, Afrocentrism is more than simply bad history - it substitutes a feel-good myth of the past for an attempt to grapple with the problems that still confront blacks in a racist society. The modern American black identity is the product of centuries of real history, as Africans and their descendents created new, hybrid cultures - mixing many African ethnic influences with native and European elements. Afrocentrism replaces this complex history with a dubious claim to distant glory." ""Afrocentrism offers not an empowering understanding of black Americans' past," Walker concludes, "but a pastiche of 'alien traditions' held together by simplistic fantasies." More to the point, this specious history denies to black Americans the dignity and power that springs from an honest understanding of their real history."--Jacket. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Race identity.
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African Americans -- Race identity. |
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Afrocentrism.
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Afrocentrism. |
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African Americans -- History -- Philosophy.
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African Americans. |
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History. |
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Philosophy. |
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Black nationalism -- United States.
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Black nationalism. |
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United States. |
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Civilization -- Egyptian influences.
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Civilization -- Egyptian influences. |
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United States -- Race relations.
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Race relations. |
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Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C.
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Egypt. |
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Civilization. |
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To 332 B.C |
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Egypt -- Civilization -- To 332 B.C. |
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To 332 B.C. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Walker, Clarence Earl. We can't go home again. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001 (DLC) 2001021538 |
| ISBN |
9780195357301 (electronic book) |
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0195357302 (electronic book) |
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0195095715 (Cloth) |
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9780195095715 (acid-free paper) |
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