Word: jeffriesism
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Of course, what these latter Black scholars lack is what Jeffries possesses in abundance--an ideological ax to grind, and with a twist that is usually anti-Semitic.
Two items in Saturday's Crimson (November 14) caught my attention. One, the report that a Black students' fraternity--Phi Beta Sigma--at UMass (Amherst) hosted a speech by Professor Leonard Jeffries of City University of New York.
Like the group of Black students at Harvard College who invited Professor Leonard Jeffries to Harvard a year ago, spokespersons for the UMass Black fraternity claimed that the purpose of their invitation to Jeffries was to enlighten UMass students (Black and white) about African societies' contributions to literate civilizations.
But why Leonard Jeffries? He has no significant standing in the fields of either African Studies or Ancient Studies.
The officers of the UMass Black fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma, cannot possibly be unaware of Jeffries' anti-Semitic proclivities. Black students everywhere have a moral obligation to reject anti-Semitic behavior--an obligation passed down to them by thousands-on-thousands of Black folks whose lives were maimed or snuffed...