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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Elmaestro: [QB] Has anyone in this space ever wondered what would have been the case if any of the African samples with Northeast African or Egyptian related ancestry were sequenced and published before the Raqefet Natufian were? Let me note with a degree of certainty that if:( the Pastoral Neolithic Samples, Taforalt, IAM or Oub02, Skhirat, The ancient Swahili, Kulubnarti and christian Nubian samples, or even Abusir el Meleq.) ..any of these samples were published before the Natufian, a lot would have been different in these spaces. [_] That aside I don't think academia has been improved, and with that being said, I don't think the issue is the amount of "white dudes" in academia. For one there are many cultural representatives contributing to these publications. Also, it's inconceivable to me that so much people white or not will enter the field with such bad intentions. I believe its just cumulative bias built from anti-black and anti-African foundation. Part of what hold this "conscious bubble" together nowadays is the almost universal perception of black people as primitive. This is an idea that was bolstered by propaganda and scientific publication starting by at least late 19th century. It is a pervasive idea which is at the stem of even some of the most progressive personalities. And to be honest, the progressive types are the worst as their ideals are often not in a place to be challenged. [i]These guys are like PETA, in the case which the "A" stands for African.[/i] Aside from the bias, I personally believe there is some politics involved. Take it as an anecdote as I can't say anything about it now. But we've likely arrived past a tipping point in which it'd take decades to fix. The Cleopatra thing was pretty much the nail in the coffin as far as public perception goes. And there's a certain idea being pushed to where North West Africans and East Africans will become residual. Afrocentrism takes a lot of public heat but as far as influence goes it's merely a niche. I can't fully explain how the criticisms became more influential than the "movement" but that where we are. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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