American history is Black history. They can try to sanitize it all they want, but if anyone wants to truly understand this country, they need to look to Black history and culture.
This is an amazing piece! I had no idea about Nearest and Jack Daniels. The medical field is also littered with forgotten black history. I remember reading about Onesimius, a Boston slave in 1716 showed his master how to inoculate against small pox, setting the stage for vaccines.
Thank you, and no worries. I didn't know much about it all until that friend told me about Nearest, and then I didn't know the full history until about a year or two ago. So much of history isn't shared.
Thank you for bringing this up at a time when American politics would like to erase Black History about slavery. I grew up believing America was a “melting pot” of cultural diversity and many immigrants prospered. My question I keep asking every day is what will we become?
Thanks for making time to read this post and for asking this question. It's one that I ask myself a lot, especially recently. Right now we're in a state of racism, and that facism is driven by fear, racism, prejudice and struggle. But I like to believe that people are inherently good, and that justice will eventually shine through. So the better question is, what is our role in bringing out the best this country and its people can be? I'm going to try my best to model the change I want to see, and keep the score with my writing. I hope you find your path as well.
People love to say “it can’t happen here” like we aren’t already living inside the slow creep of it. History isn’t abstract — it’s the proof, the receipts, the memory of how we got here. And if fascism thrives on erasure, then storytelling becomes rebellion.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Powerful read. This is by far of the best explanations I've seen of why the push to eliminate African American history feels rooted in an underlying motive. The arguments being posed don't hold weight, especially against the lingering 'why now?' questions in my mind. No administration pushes this hard to make erasing history such a focal initiative. I see this administration wants to kill the notion that knowledge equals power.
American history is Black history. They can try to sanitize it all they want, but if anyone wants to truly understand this country, they need to look to Black history and culture.
No lies detected. Thanks for reading!
This is an amazing piece! I had no idea about Nearest and Jack Daniels. The medical field is also littered with forgotten black history. I remember reading about Onesimius, a Boston slave in 1716 showed his master how to inoculate against small pox, setting the stage for vaccines.
Thank you, and no worries. I didn't know much about it all until that friend told me about Nearest, and then I didn't know the full history until about a year or two ago. So much of history isn't shared.
Thank you for bringing this up at a time when American politics would like to erase Black History about slavery. I grew up believing America was a “melting pot” of cultural diversity and many immigrants prospered. My question I keep asking every day is what will we become?
Thanks for making time to read this post and for asking this question. It's one that I ask myself a lot, especially recently. Right now we're in a state of racism, and that facism is driven by fear, racism, prejudice and struggle. But I like to believe that people are inherently good, and that justice will eventually shine through. So the better question is, what is our role in bringing out the best this country and its people can be? I'm going to try my best to model the change I want to see, and keep the score with my writing. I hope you find your path as well.
This right here. 👆🏽
People love to say “it can’t happen here” like we aren’t already living inside the slow creep of it. History isn’t abstract — it’s the proof, the receipts, the memory of how we got here. And if fascism thrives on erasure, then storytelling becomes rebellion.
YES exactly, Storytelling as rebellion!
Yes Sir! We built this mutha! ✊🏾
Exactly, and Black History is American History!
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Powerful read. This is by far of the best explanations I've seen of why the push to eliminate African American history feels rooted in an underlying motive. The arguments being posed don't hold weight, especially against the lingering 'why now?' questions in my mind. No administration pushes this hard to make erasing history such a focal initiative. I see this administration wants to kill the notion that knowledge equals power.