Word: jeffriesism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Martin's book also attacks a 1992 rally organized by the Harvard Radcliffe Hillel in protest of a speech given that day by City University of New York professor Leonard Jeffries, said Rabbi Sally D. Finestone, associate director of Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel.
At Harlem's City College, day one of Professor Leonard Jeffries' spring semester class, African Heritage 101, begins meekly -- no sign of the brouhaha that surrounded Jeffries' dismissal in 1992 from his post as chairman of the college's Black Studies department for having allegedly made anti-Semitic statements; no...
When Jeffries finally does arrive, fully an hour late, he is apologetic and cheerful, with a grin on his angular face. After greeting the class enthusiastically in ancient Egyptian -- "Hautep!" -- and receiving a decidedly lukewarm "Hautep" back, he explains that he has been trying to retrieve his clothes from the...
According to Jeffries, the class will focus on African contributions to world civilization that have been ignored by Eurocentric scholars. He begins by scribbling a chalkboard chart featuring "the sun people" (i.e., people of color) at one corner of a triangle and "the ice people" (i.e., not people of color...
As class breaks up, students gather around the professor and ask questions. Most are interested in how many papers they will have to write. A reporter asks for a clarification of the DNA-RNA-melanin triangle. "Well, for one thing," Jeffries replies, "you want to have the duality-polarity in...