Asante positioned Afrocentricity as a cultural counter to European-centered scholarship

Evidence

Too many Black people—and too many Black Studies scholars—were “looking out” at themselves, at the world, and at their Black research subjects from the center and standards of Europeans, he argued in The Afrocentric Idea (1987). Europeans were masquerading their center as the finest, as sometimes the only, perspective. To Asante, there were multiple ways of seeing the world, being in the world, theorizing about the world, and studying the world—not just the Eurocentric worldviews, cultures, theories, and methodologies. He called for “Afrocentricity,” by which he meant a cultural and philosophical center for African people based “on African aspiration, visions, and concepts.” — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 1106

Categorization

• DEFINE: Precise definition of Afrocentricity and its antiracist function — useful for placement in the three-way scheme (cultural antiracism vs. assimilationism).
• XREF: Connects to standpoint theory and the reader’s standing note that feminist standpoint theory rejects neutrality as an objective ideal — both attack the ‘view from nowhere’ premise.