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Word: afrocentrists (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never been published as a book but, in photocopied form, is radically changing the curriculums of school systems all over the country. Written by an undistinguished group of scholars, these essays on history, social studies, math, language and arts and science are meant to be a charter of Afrocentrist history for young black Americans. They have had little scrutiny in the mainstream press. But they are popular with bureaucrats like Thomas Sobol, the education commissioner in New York State -- people who are scared of alienating black voters or can't stand up to thugs like City College professor Leonard Jeffries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fraying Of America | 2/3/1992 | See Source »

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