Namely, in its American form (or do I have to say "African-American"?);
an outgrowth of the empowerment gains of the Civil Rights Movement. "Black
is Beautiful", a catchphrase and consciousness-raising campaign, was a
Good Thing, but it led to an addled "superiority complex" that put
everything from neo-Garveyite hooligans to generic mercenary entertainers on some Grand Pedestal of Black. The Cults of Gangsta and brain-dead Afrocentric intellectuals began here.