afrocentrism

I have encountered many black Americans who subscribe to a set of ideas about the "real history" of Africa. Now I may be conflating a lot of different groups and ideas within this underground movement. I've heard white people being called "albinos", various leaders throughout history being...

I vaguely recall a claim somewhere that the Ancient Egyptians, or rather that ancient extraterrestrials showed them, used catapults to give gliders flight. Now, I'm pretty sure that a catapult used to hurl stones is nowhere near as close as a catapult used to send a glider in the sky (I think...

Afrocentrism, traditionally, concentrates mostly on claiming that the Egyptians and various other black African nations invented all civilization, that whites "stole" it from them. It's silly, but the following site goes much further...

So, I'm a college student that is finishing up my Intro to Black Studies course. And my finely-tuned crap detectors have been telling me I've been fed political and racial ideology over the facts. Actually, I'm extremely certain of it; what is scary is that none of my peers seem to know that...