Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Centered or focused on Africa or African peoples, especially in relation to historical or cultural influence.
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Examples
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But at the same time, African-American men convicted of crimes receive stiffer sentences the darker their skin and the more "Afrocentric" their facial features.
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The term "Afrocentric" means exactly what the name implies, "African centered" as opposed to the Eurocentric foundation on which westerncivilization was built.
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After seeing the movie, many kids will just want to rush out and buy the clothes predicts Eric Ellison, a psychology major who runs an "Afrocentric" bookstore at Michigan State University and refuses to stock the X caps.
Malcolm X 2008
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After seeing the movie, many kids will just want to rush out and buy the clothes predicts Eric Ellison, a psychology major who runs an "Afrocentric" bookstore at Michigan State University and refuses to stock the X caps.
Malcolm X 2008
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No one knows exactly how many schools describe themselves as "Afrocentric" although educators agree that the number is growing, especially in inner-city neighborhoods where parents and community activists push for change.
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Or that as an adult Obama joined an overtly black racist church run by the "Afrocentric" wingnut Jeremiah Wright.
Mitt Romney on "Meet the Press." Ann Althouse 2007
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Steve Janke - you know him as Angry in the Great White North - has a piece in today's National Post about "Afrocentric" educational theories infecting schools in Ontario and Nova Scotia.
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Almost all current writing about Africa depends on a blend of Joseph Conrad and Evelyn Waugh: the brooding, throbbing stagnation of the Congo and the sinister farce of egomaniacal "Afrocentric" politics.
African Gothic Hitchens, Christopher 1994
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Giving your child an "Afrocentric" name is saddling them with a statistical nightmare scenario of involvement with law enforcement.
Latest Articles 2009
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But at the same time, African-American men convicted of crimes receive stiffer sentences the darker their skin and the more "Afrocentric" their facial features.
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