tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216738179263317509.post8637740414442243997..comments2024-01-08T00:25:24.777-08:00Comments on Philosophy of Science Portal: Afrocentrism--the Black Athena ControversyMercuryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13757909461674304095noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216738179263317509.post-9946480183750856052010-04-26T12:00:21.348-07:002010-04-26T12:00:21.348-07:00Timothy if you take the thesis that African contri...Timothy if you take the thesis that African contributions were deleted from the historical record then your last quest makes little sense. How can you be shown great Black African minds when their contributions have been systematically hidden?<br /><br />This at least is true: History books are written by the winners. The Black Athena contribution was a departure from the usual Western narrative in history. Simply for that reason alone it was bound to elicit controversy.Mahndisa S. Rigmaidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507292526980604567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216738179263317509.post-26790824616180460712009-12-12T10:11:57.552-08:002009-12-12T10:11:57.552-08:00it is a crying shame what has been done to not onl...it is a crying shame what has been done to not only the Liberal Arts but the Social Science too. i had part of this "Black Athena" explained to me by a student and when i left the trolley i was saddened by the education that young man was receiving. Often i run into an educated person who claims to have taken a course in Critical Thinking only to be struck by the fact what they are accepting as fact is opinion. I have many opinions but believe me, not all are based in fact and the ones that are generally have nothing to do with real opinion. Take the study of economics, everyone has an opinion and a solution but the market rarely obeys the best of expectations. There is no doubt Africans were Egyptians, lol, but whether they were black, orange or brown matters little to the accomplishments. The Greeks were amazed no doubt but to extrapolate that to a basis for stealing from the Library of Alexander? Show me the great African philosophers. That is my opinion.Timothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16506919336703343072noreply@blogger.com