European philosophical prejudice against Africa persists in subtle contemporary forms

Evidence

The response Tempels gave to European scholars remains relevant today. I am not aware of any philosopher who claims, as the Enlightenment philosophers posited, that Africans have no reason and cannot think creatively. That debate is certainly behind us, and it is thanks to the publication of Bantu Philosophy. Today we are talking about other things, not whether the ‘man’ is in the Black people or not. That there are no philosophers who endorse that view should not be construed to mean that condescending attitudes towards Africans and their culture no longer exist. Magesa (2010, pp. 45–50) has argued that prejudices shown by European philosophers and missionaries still exist today in real and subtle ways. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 149

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s other work on colonial knowledge projects and how liberal discourse merely shifts rather than retires racist premises.