This is a conflict that is as a result of the need to have an edge, the need to be better, superior and most importantly the fear of being nothing, unwanted, invaluable. Both the Whites and Blacks are insecure and would continue to look for some form of validation whether they are right or wrong in order to feel needed, in control and protected. The reaction towards this article is simply neutral because both the supporters and adversaries of Afrocentricity are threatened by each other's ideas and …show more content…
It seems like the history of the blacks in America isn’t widely understood or accepted. To some white people, African American History is discouraged simply because of the fear that the black might feel empowered and raise up in social status and to the Blacks, having the history is a sense of empowerment and community in which they belong. The poem in the first three document urges children to seek out information about their history, their people and the achievements the blacks have made in the US history. Carter G Woodson urges blacks to learn about their history so they would know they are not inferior and are just people that have been set