Wednesday, October 04, 2006
(8:29 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
A Note on Racism
I think it's probably racist to claim that historical figures from Africa aren't really African "as we think of it today," particularly since this definition of African almost always ends up excluding Africans who have made decisive contributions to European culture -- Augustine being the prime example of this phenomenon.(Technically, I suppose there could be a sense in which King David wasn't really Jewish "as we think of it today," but stating it in that way sounds suspicious, does it not?)
