Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly; Michael Slate (KPFK, Fri., 9-26-14, 10:00 am), Craig Steven Wilder, Ebony and Ivy; Eric Shapiro (flatironhotnews.com), Revolution Books, NY
Race did not come out of science and theology, but came to science and theology.
Americans from the USA (as distinct from the rest of continental America) went to England not so much to study medicine
but as experts on race because they live with African, as they are the
rich children of slave owners from the South.
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| Burn all the books before the truth gets out! |
They are bent on wiping
out Native Americans, dehumanizing them, planning for their genocide,
and considering African Americans as little better than primates. They
raid corpses from graveyards to establish medicine and science in our
America. The records show this, but no one before the author of Ebony and Ivy seems to have read the records in detail.
Who would defend slavery, science or theology? They competed, and science won.
The mythologies of theology became the "empirical, verifiable" facts of science.
The affluent American families that established the universities in this country -- during
the "Enlightenment" -- were rooted in racism, slavery, genocide, and an imperial
war mentality that still haunts us today.
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| Eric Shapiro |
Author Craig Steven Wilder will speak at Revolution Books on [Sunday, Sept. 28th] at 7:00 PM. A leading historian of race and African
American culture, Wilder will discuss his latest book, Ebony & Ivy, released September 17th, 2013.
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| Ebony & Ivy (insightnews.com) |
Ebony & Ivy examines the role racism played in the history of some of America’s most prestigious universities. Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and others exploited slaves to build and sustain themselves, while
simultaneously serving as laboratories of racist thought. Slavery and
racism, Wilder demonstrates, tarnish the legacy of even those
institutions Americans perceive as bastions of liberalism.
Revolution Books, located at 146 West 26th Street, is one of the
foremost independently-owned book stores in New York City. Dedicated to
the cause of peaceful revolution developed by Bob Avakian,
Revolution Books seeks to foster a clear understanding of the
historical oppression that makes change so necessary. It is the ideal
venue for a scholar like Wilder.
Wilder’s book has received considerable acclaim and publicity. The Allegra di Bonaventura of the Wall Street Journal writes:
“It is Mr. Wilder’s vast and often seemingly banal catalog of
mercantile transactions, charitable bequests, and academic and
administrative appointments -- all links in the chain that joins universities to slavery -- that lends the book its disturbing power...
a passionate recounting of the collective dehumanization of
African-Americans coincident with the rise in power and prestige of the
Atlantic college, particularly the Ivy League.”
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| Oct. 2, 2014 (BA at RB) |
A brief excerpt from Ebony and Ivory provides a tantalizing glimpse of its tone and subject matter:
“1830: Harvard was approaching its two hundredth anniversary, which
meant that it was also nearing the bicentennial of its intimate
engagement with Atlantic slavery. Beginning with the first graduating
class, boys from Cambridge had been seeking fortunes in the plantations.
By the time Henry Watson matriculated, Harvard’s history was
inseparable from the history of slavery and the slave trade…”
Finally, here’s a little bit of information on Craig Steven Wilder himself:
Craig Steven Wilder is professor of American history at MIT, and has taught at Williams College and Dartmouth College. Wilder grew up in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood is the author of A Covenant with Color and In the Company of Black Men.
Excerpts and bio courtesy of Revolution Books. Check out their website for more info on this and other upcoming events.
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