McWhorter: Egypt is no better than West Africa
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@level242 While I would agree slightly Europeans do not practice what Mcwhorther is saying. The Greeks are held as the cradle of Europe even though they had more interaction with Africans than they did with northern europeans. And while West Africa is important I think understanding ALL of africa is important seeing that many black people all over the world were treated badly. Also A.Americans opposition to colonialism kept this idea going .
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egypt wasent even CALLED EGYPT BACK THEN IT WAS CALLED KEMET....... before so called egyptions was there
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@jimboedwardlee Not Muslims...
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@level242 if you're right then wikipedia is wrong.
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He takes the PATCO to Philly but he is from Lindewall!
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@level242 he's from philly.
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@jaymur11 I think he is on point.Here in the US when blacks get afrocentric we tend to focus on Jamaica,Egypt and Ethiopia.Fact is most of us hail from Angola or Sengal.When I was growing up in the 70's lots of blacks were learning Swahili.which is based in East Africa.But most likely your ancestors spoke Mende which is in West Africa.McWhorter is saying blacks should NOT pick a random African place.Instead their search should be genuine, precise and authentic.
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HE IS FROM MY HOMESTATE OF NEW JERSEY
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McWhorters comments are silly because Whites identify with "Western Heritage" this encompasses everything from the Greeks, Romans, Jews, Muslims. etc. It is over extended but according to popular understanding all of these histories are part of the Western World- Anyone who has taken a basic class in the History of Western Civilization knows this. McWhorter is really being sloppy here
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I don't think these comments really understand what McWhorter is getting at. He's talking about relevance. He doesn't find East and North Africa particularly relevant to the history of African-Americans like himself.
Gnickk 1 year ago 9
Horrible analogy McWhorter! French Canadians and Russians? Wow!!!
jaymur11 1 year ago 2