Excellent poem. Very thought-provoking. I stopped depending on history teachers for the truth in elementary school, when I realized they were all lying to us about the history of Native Americans and the pilgrims, along with feeding us that Thanksgiving fairytale. I was only a child, but I realized I’d have to find the truth on my own because it wasn’t in our textbooks. We weren’t even taught the truth about civil rights or slavery. I didn’t start getting accurate history lessons until took African-American History in college. Great post.
WOW! He was spot on! Growing up in the south, not one teacher ever taught us anything about slavery. All we heard was that a group of oppressed people came over here to escape persecution, who were then taxed to pieces and honorably fought a war against England for the right to rule over themselves. As for my being here and Black, there was no explanation for that. A history teacher once told me to stand up and turn around. He told the class that I was what an Egyptian looked like. So, I was taught that I am from Egypt, then another history teacher told me that I was from Spain. So, apparently, I immigrated here from Egypt by way of Spain. smh
It is an extremely sad fact that Black students are taught nothing about their history, to this very day!
Educating our youth more on these facts knowing about our black culture is important to our young ones. Glad you shared this! I am new to the blogging world but I would also like to share my insight (critiques are welcomed, please) http://wp.me/p8HHPO-Y
Excellent poem. Very thought-provoking. I stopped depending on history teachers for the truth in elementary school, when I realized they were all lying to us about the history of Native Americans and the pilgrims, along with feeding us that Thanksgiving fairytale. I was only a child, but I realized I’d have to find the truth on my own because it wasn’t in our textbooks. We weren’t even taught the truth about civil rights or slavery. I didn’t start getting accurate history lessons until took African-American History in college. Great post.
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Exactly! We have to unlearn so much of what we’re force-fed. Thanks so much for listening and the feedback.
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You’re very welcome, and thanks for posting interesting content.
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my pleasure
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Black History is more than slavery and the Civil Rights Movement. Those are only segments or parts of our culture.
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WOW! He was spot on! Growing up in the south, not one teacher ever taught us anything about slavery. All we heard was that a group of oppressed people came over here to escape persecution, who were then taxed to pieces and honorably fought a war against England for the right to rule over themselves. As for my being here and Black, there was no explanation for that. A history teacher once told me to stand up and turn around. He told the class that I was what an Egyptian looked like. So, I was taught that I am from Egypt, then another history teacher told me that I was from Spain. So, apparently, I immigrated here from Egypt by way of Spain. smh
It is an extremely sad fact that Black students are taught nothing about their history, to this very day!
I thank you SO much for posting this Kelley!
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Right! We can’t leave it up to the school system; they’re failing the children, still teaching them how to think instead of just TO think.
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This is a direct hit! The guy in this video is spot on!
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Right on!
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I hope this young man is writing about this because this is something we all need to know.
Leslie
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Agreed!
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He’s a thinking man and he should put down those facts.
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Seriously where were the applause???
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haha I definitely applauded over here!
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🌹. Thank you
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Educating our youth more on these facts knowing about our black culture is important to our young ones. Glad you shared this! I am new to the blogging world but I would also like to share my insight (critiques are welcomed, please) http://wp.me/p8HHPO-Y
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So true! Thanks for your comment.
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That was an excellent piece! I learned a lot. Thank you, Kelley!
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Of course! Thanks for listening.
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