Original sentence: Bernal in turn accuses academe of deliberately and continually obscuring the importance of African and Semitic civilizations since the 19th century.Black Athena ignited a furious debate in the academic community.Some subsequent writers have been heavily critical of what they consider to be Bernal's confusion of culture, ethnicity and race, and his unsystematic and linguistically incompetent handling of etymologies
Edited sentence: Bernal in turn accuses academe of deliberately and continually obscuring the importance of African and Semitic civilizations since the 19th century without adressing the actual criticism.Black Athena was largely ignored by most respected scolars as it was viewed as nonsense, not warranting response.Many so called 'facts' are so obviously false that many refused to bother disputing them.Subsequent writers have been heavily critical of what they consider to be Bernal's confusion of culture, ethnicity and race, and his unsystematic and linguistically incompetent handling of etymologies.The notable execption being Mary Lefkowitz who was subsequently accused of being racist simply for stating well known facts, correcting dates and pointing out obvious faults in the theory