Word: jeffriesism
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Gates' brand of scholarship--which he describes in his new book, Loose Canons, as exploring the hyphen in African-American--rejects the more Afrocentric approaches of Jeffries and some other prominent Black scholars.
Even at Harvard, a University community that proudly trumpets itself as the diversest of the diverse, race relations are a mess. That became painfully clear this February, after the Black Students Association (BSA) invited Leonard Jeffries to speak at Harvard. Leaders of a huge coalition of campus organizations--Hillel, Raza...
Inside Sanders, the seats on the floor were reserved for BSA members, most of whom cheered enthusiastically throughout Jeffries' speech. The spectators in the mezzanine and balcony seats were predominantly non Blacks, and predominantly silent.
In February, eight campus groups greeted controversial speaker Leonard Jeffries with an indignant protest.
The problems first surfaced with the BSA's decision to invite Jeffries to speak on campus. The City University of New York professor has been accused of making anti-Italian, anti-Semitic and anti-gay comments in the past.