That's a liberal talking. On the other hand, some of the kindest endorsements I have received for my book Black Spark, White Fire have come from the right. It is refreshing to hear the Afrocentric theory of ancient Egypt argued so persuasively, from a viewpoint that is neither liberal nor conservative, black nor white. It is like the OJ Simpson case. Most African Americans, in my experience, are at least open-minded about the possibility that the Egyptians may have been black.
Most white people reject the idea out of hand.
Egyptologist Frank Yurco is widely cited in discussions of Egypt's Africanness. His interest in the subject did not arise from any leftist agenda. Raised by anti-Communist Czech parents, Yurco served proudly in Vietnam as an intelligence specialist. In 1971, Yurco brought his Grenadian wife Diane to Egypt. Her blend of African, Scottish, and English ancestry gave her a caf au lait complexion not unlike that of many Egyptians.