Afrocentrism and Black consciousness are necessary as correctives to white myth-making ventures and as means of enlightenment for Blacks though, at times, there needs to be greater linguistic care in some of the assertions made during the corrective project. We illustrate now this need for a corrective project and as well the need for care…
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Of ‘Black’ and ‘Negro’
On Monday night (Feb. 16), during an interview with me on Drive Time Live (HOT 102 FM in Jamaica) about my new book Revelations on Ras Tafari, host June Hines joined Rasta poet Mutabaruka in expressing mild disgust with my use of Negro as a synonym for Black in the context of the discussion and more so my use of certain craniofacial features to describe who a Black person is….