by Milton Allimadi<\/i> <\/p>\n
American and British media and literature contributed mightily to the defamation of Africans – an historical crime that has conditioned Western audiences to the deaths of millions. Beginning with the Greek, Herodotus, and continuing in the pages of The New York Times, racist propaganda depicted the continent as home to misshapen monsters, savage cannibals, soul-less brutes, and sub-humans in need of white discipline.
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\nBlackness As Bestiality<\/b> <\/p>\n
“Blackness of skin was strongly associated with moral perversity and intellectual and spiritual inferiority by whites.”<\/i> <\/p>\n
By the time American and British newspapers started sending professional journalists to write about Africa during the early part of the 20th Century, the racist image of Africa was solidly ingrained in the Western psyche. This was made possible by the writings of the early Greek historians, especially Herodotus, and later by the popular journals of European “explorers.” by Milton Allimadi American and British media and literature contributed mightily to the defamation of Africans – an historical crime that has conditioned Western audiences to the deaths of millions. Beginning with the Greek, Herodotus, and continuing in the pages of The New York Times, racist propaganda depicted the continent as home to misshapen monsters, … Continue reading How European Writers Created the Racist image of Africa<\/span>
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