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Wortham, Anne – Executive Educator, 1992
Afrocentrism terms the pluralistic experience of modern society dislocating and disruptive. Afrocentrists would reimpose a solidarity and cohesion that the ethnic communities cannot themselves maintain. Advocates discredit the content and universality of Western civilization by liberating students from rationality, the scientific method, economic…
Descriptors: African Studies, Afrocentrism, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education
Asante, Molefi Kete – Executive Educator, 1992
African Americans are dislocated people whose formal education leads them away from themselves. One way to progress toward a multicultural curriculum is through Afrocentric curriculum. Afrocentricity in education means viewing the African-American as a subject of history not as an object in someone else's experiences. For example, African-American…
Descriptors: African Studies, Afrocentrism, Curriculum Design, Elementary Secondary Education