We can't go home again : an argument about Afrocentrism /
Walker, Clarence Earl.
We can't go home again : an argument about Afrocentrism / Clarence E. Walker. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (xxxv, 172 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-164) and index.
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."
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"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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9780195357301 (electronic bk.) 0195357302 (electronic bk.) (Cloth) (acid-free paper) 9786610527984 6610527989
2001021538
To 332 B.C.
African Americans--Race identity.
Afrocentrism.
African Americans--History--Philosophy.
Black nationalism--United States.
Civilization--Egyptian influences.
Noirs américains--Identité ethnique.
Afro-centrisme.
Noirs américains--Histoire--Philosophie.
Nationalisme noir--États-Unis.
Civilisation--Influence égyptienne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
African Americans--Philosophy.
African Americans--Race identity.
Afrocentrism.
Black nationalism.
Civilization.
Civilization--Egyptian influences.
Race relations.
Afrocentrisme.
United States--Race relations.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
États-Unis--Relations raciales.
Égypte--Civilisation--Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.
Egypt.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
E185.625 / .W35 2001eb
305.896/073
We can't go home again : an argument about Afrocentrism / Clarence E. Walker. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001. - 1 online resource (xxxv, 172 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-164) and index.
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."
Use copy
"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.
Electronic reproduction.
[S.l.] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
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
9780195357301 (electronic bk.) 0195357302 (electronic bk.) (Cloth) (acid-free paper) 9786610527984 6610527989
2001021538
To 332 B.C.
African Americans--Race identity.
Afrocentrism.
African Americans--History--Philosophy.
Black nationalism--United States.
Civilization--Egyptian influences.
Noirs américains--Identité ethnique.
Afro-centrisme.
Noirs américains--Histoire--Philosophie.
Nationalisme noir--États-Unis.
Civilisation--Influence égyptienne.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--African American Studies.
African Americans--Philosophy.
African Americans--Race identity.
Afrocentrism.
Black nationalism.
Civilization.
Civilization--Egyptian influences.
Race relations.
Afrocentrisme.
United States--Race relations.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
Egypt--Civilization--To 332 B.C.
États-Unis--Relations raciales.
Égypte--Civilisation--Jusqu'à 332 av. J.-C.
Egypt.
United States.
Electronic books.
History.
E185.625 / .W35 2001eb
305.896/073