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[QUOTE]Originally posted by zarahan- aka Enrique Cardova: [QB] [IMG]https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KA1S2SSjB3w/V8YZndjAfMI/AAAAAAAAClk/xHkRol0CUDMhsWO9GoMOB7wIGxAtLvnAgCLcB/s1600/spacealiens_egypt.jpg[/IMG] [i]^^for some folk "aliens" are more plausible as a source of the AE population than nearby African cultures.. [/i] I think you are on to something. Snowden was a child of the white academic establishment of that time- a classist, so he subscribed to the stereotypical constructs of the day. And he wanted to prove his loyalty no doubt by serving as attack dogs to take on the so-called "Afrocentrics." Nothing wrong with criticizing various areas where SOME so-called Afrocentrics" were shaky, but then Snowden himself in turn has to use some distortions and stereotypical thinking. Like you say Snowden seems not to realize that Africans can vary in skin color, but then again he probably did realize it, but has to minimize and downplay that diversity to maintain his stereotypical construct against which, all else can be minimized, downplayed or distorted. And like you say with the Upper or southern Egyptians, that is a well known thing, but he had to skip over and downplay certain things. Don't get me wrong. Some of his research is interesting but there are problems as well. [IMG]https://backintyme.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/c14-131.jpg[/IMG] [i]Some try to make out that the "one drop rule" is "old" vanished history. But this is false. It is very much alive as a popular construct and even appears to have been applied in court cases in the US, as recently as the late 1980s. (See Jane Doe vs State oF Lousiana 1984.) We all know the "rule" - if you have "one-drop" you still "black".. [/i] Re the one-drop rule I would say it should not be the FIRST line of argument on the African character and foundation of AE. However it has its uses. It was often one of the only things ordinary folks had to argue with before the widespread dissemination of the hard data we have today on cranial, skeletal, genetic, dental and cultural foundations of AE. Any debates or arguments should lay down the hammer and begin with this hard data. One-drop is the SECONDARY line of advance. It is a valid secondary approach because almost all opponents, distorters and deniers of the African foundations and character of AE invoke popular cultural stereotypes. How could they be "really" African if they don't look like Mike Tyson and other such approaches. [IMG]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FQg6ArvG_QY/WBF13lKKtrI/AAAAAAAACto/lOa4E6cB6M8BdvtHbkOw6rYmeXZX49-WgCLcB/s320/begy_Menes_Tyson.jpg[/IMG] We all know this is the "true negro" dodge. But under the "one-drop" rule, even if the "true negro" "mixed" with someone- his progeny STILL is considered BLACK under popular European and American cultural race constructs. In addition, the hypocritical double standard above can be exposed when taking up the one-drop secondary line. To wit: [b][i]how come you are all too willing to use the popular "true negro" race construct but then, hypocritically, you want to skip over the "one drop" side of the coin? Any "mix" with the "true negro" STILL is considered "black" under the same popular race constructs. SO how you only want to use one, but not the other? [/i][/b] It is essential that this hypocrisy be exposed - whether one is dealing with right wing distorters, well-meaning "liberals" or dubious "native" Egyptians who in their haste to "distance" deyselves from "anything African" seem to conceive of the ancient peoples as fantastist aliens who just "happen" to "spontaneously" spring up out of the Nile one day, bearing no relation to any of the surrounding African cultures. Such hypocrisy must be relentlessly exposed time and time again, especially since deniers and distorters try to skip over the hard data. As a secondary approach, one-drop is a valid tool of defense or attack, and locks them in the box, where they can be worked over from every angle- heavy artillery from the hard data, secondary barrages from cultural constructs- doesn't really matter- it's all "hammer time." [IMG]https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1BLeOTkaDH4/WAFMA_kwEoI/AAAAAAAAywo/IeW8ki5smlM4BgxwSM7RzfjgCQUTkrgKgCLcB/s1600/Gun%2BB%2B1.jpg[/IMG] [/QB][/QUOTE]
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