Voices from the Battlefront: Achieving Cultural Equity Book

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	Rethinking Who We Are: A Basic Discussion of Basic Terms	3
	Afrocentricity: A Philosophical Basis for Cultural Equity Battles?	11
	Setting the Record Straight: A View from Seneca Country	23
	Appalachia, Democracy, and Cultural Equity	31
	Indigenismo: The Call to Unity	41
	"Battle Stancing" to Do Cultural Work in America	69
	Cultural Diversity: An Asian American Perspective	83
	American Indians, European Contact, and the Doctrine of Discovery	89
	A Vision for Black Community Reconstruction	95
	The Purposeful Underdevelopment of Latino and Other Communities of Color	103
	Linking Missions and Resources Across International Boundaries	109
	African American Cultural Empowerment: A Struggle to Identify and Institutionalize Ourselves as a People	119
	Cultural Pluralism: A Goal to Be Realized	135
	Blacks in the Diaspora: Redefinitions for the Third Millenium	149
	Ghosts	159
	From California to Nova Hispania: Reflections on the Cultural Debates	165
	Appendix: Cultural Diversity Based on Cultural Grounding II: Ratification Statement	177
	Contributors	181
	Index	187