“Given the racial pluralism-multicultural nature of American society, it is inevitable that conflict between these oppositional worldview systems would occur. The African and European worldviews have undergone vigorous analysis by African scholars in America, in particular, over the past three decades. These analyses have organized the worldview differences between these groups along the dimensions [Ethos, Values and Customs, Psycho-behavioral Modality]… these analyses have concluded that the fundamental assumption or ethos defining the European worldview may be categorized as an ‘Humanity versus Nature’ orientation. This basic thrust of the European worldview defines an antagonistic and conflictual theme in human-nature relations. The emphasis is placed on human intervention into nature to achieve mastery and gain control over nature through the mechanisms of aggression, domination, oppression, suppression, repression, and the unnatural alteration or reordering of all objects in nature….” Kobi Kazembe Kalongi Kambon “The African Personality in America: An African-Centered Framework” Page 11
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