Black Rage: Afrocentrism or Childish Insecurity?

A picture of Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II based on his mummified remains (left). The inset eyes and thin lips betray this man had European features and was certainly not a sub-Saharan man. Yet that is what Afrocenstrists claim, and they are legion.

Black people are suffering a deep insecurity about their true origins. Since their known history began with slavery (both by Arabs and Europeans), and since their facial features are so very different from the rest of humanity, they have developed a deep...