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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Tyrannohotep: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Swenet: [qb]I agree. Unless you had an interesting angle. When the angle is interesting, you can get away with a controversial argument and still attract a lot of people. See Bernal. He borrowed a lot of Afrocentric ideas, repackaged it and told it from an interesting angle. [/qb][/QUOTE]I think much of Bernal's profit came less from a unique "angle" to his arguments than the fact that he came from a different demographic background than the typical Afrocentric writer. It wouldn't be the case in a fair world, but a pasty-white academic like him would have enjoyed a lot more power to arouse his colleagues and the general public than black writers working outside the academic mainstream. You could say he benefitted from white privilege there. I don't know if white "Afrocentric" writers like him would enjoy the same popularity today, however. My own experience has shown that being white and sympathetic to African Egypt, far from conferring onto me an aura of automatic credibility, has led to people questioning my motives. I've had a (liberal) white woman accuse me of taking my position to impress black women, along with several alt-righters calling me a "cuck" (it basically means "sellout" or "traitor" to them). I understand Sally Ann-Ashton has reporting receiving similar flack for holding her position. As for guys like Bauval and Joel Freeman, I honestly think they [i]are[/i] using the African Egypt angle to promote unrelated agendas. I've looked at both their books. Bauval seemed much more interested in his ideas on Egyptian astronomy than a discussion of their phenotype or genetic affinities. As for Freeman, his book spent a lot more time preaching about Christianity and the Bible than it did AE or other African civilizations. Together, they come across as more opportunistic than as sincere allies. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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