The Kush Empire

She said a wrong information : " Kush adopted the Roman style of pillars" that is incorrect. The Black civilization of the Nile valley preceded the any other civilization. Greek and Rome adopted the Nile valley's science, art, religion, and architecture.

I cannot speak for the institution you mentioned, but I'm well familiar with the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, which is one of the world's leading centers for the study of the ancient Near East. Racism is definitely not a problem there. Both the staff and the students come from all backgrounds. One's skin color is irrelevant to any dissertation, so if what you say of the above-mentioned institution is true, that institution is an aberration.

@kmtsesh You speak of McWhorter of Berkley, I know him very well. Im African American and I am suspect of McWhorter some what.

I have no idea why you'd consider McWhorter suspect. He's a brilliant linguist and I've found his literature and lectures to be solid and well researched, not to mention damn interesting.

@kmtsesh Some African Americans see McWhorter as a token black. As to your aberration comment , I say to the contrary, they would seem to be the norm. The Oriental Institute in Chicago I know of, as well I live on Chicagos South side. As to there curriculum and the honest depths of it I cannot comment. I will say this I am no longer concerned with the white aesthetic view of my direct ancestry, their work or lack their of has already been so discredited and will continue to be proven fraudulent

I am directly involved with the museum and specifically the Egyptian exhibit at the O.I., and I am well acquainted with some of the professional staff. All I can say is none of the people there evidence racism. If some students perceive that there, it's only in their minds. The O.I. is one of the world's most prestigious and respected institutions for a good reason. I have two college degrees myself and I can say from experience that much the same is true of those two colleges--no racism.

If a student has a hard time finding a job upon receiving a degree or finds it difficult to defend his or her dissertation in peer-review, racism is not to blame. In the former, there is either no position available or the student isn't qualified. In the latter, there is something flawed in the student's research. With respect, I find cries of racism to be an excuse, not an all-inclusive reality. If this is true of a college, that college is irrefutably in the minority and needs addressing.

Finally, as to McWhorter. I find the term "token black" to be objectionable, even though I'm a white guy. The color of his skin is completely irrelevant to his research and body of work. I have never read anything in his work or heard anything in his lectures that would lead one to a fair conclusion of "tokenism" because nothing of the sort exists in his work. He's a linguist who happens to be black, but the black part should be immaterial to any serious student.