I recently subscribed to Black to School, which sends out African diasporas history outside human trafficking. It’s refreshing to hear about inspiring stories of wealth and innovation. I’m looking forward to learning more and teaching my children.
I just checked it out, thanks. I experienced many cultures growing up, as I went to a different school every year (due to parents divorce issues). It seems I always found myself in the marginalized groups, always multi-colored, but somehow out of the mainstream. While we didn't share the same skin color, we certainly shared the angst, anger, and and apathy of the disaffected. Learning about Black history and all the other "skin-color-based" histories is of vital importance today. I sincerely believe that we are ready for a post-race society, where we congregate based on shared values and vision. Call it Benevolent Tribalism? Worth a try, right?
It is really for those who ostracize and marginalize people of color to demolish their system of oppression first. In the meantime, marginalized people need only become more acquainted with their humanity, diversity, and seek joy.
maybe if the people that ostracize people of color become more acquainted with their humanity, diversity and seek joy, that day will be hastened. But as the professor in the piece I linked to, the returned freed slaves to Liberia subjugated the indigenous people of their adopted home, and they were all of the same skin color. so I think, yes, in the US, skin color plays a huge factor in bias and prejudice, but how does one explain the marginalizing and oppression of one group of Blacks by another group of Blacks? Is that racism as we know it?
There are classist regimes to be sure which I don’t know much about but congress just passed legislation prohibiting hair discrimination. The military just lifted bans on locked hair. Those are basic steps to equity. We have a long long way to go. This will be a painful process but a necessary one.
I recently subscribed to Black to School, which sends out African diasporas history outside human trafficking. It’s refreshing to hear about inspiring stories of wealth and innovation. I’m looking forward to learning more and teaching my children.
I just checked it out, thanks. I experienced many cultures growing up, as I went to a different school every year (due to parents divorce issues). It seems I always found myself in the marginalized groups, always multi-colored, but somehow out of the mainstream. While we didn't share the same skin color, we certainly shared the angst, anger, and and apathy of the disaffected. Learning about Black history and all the other "skin-color-based" histories is of vital importance today. I sincerely believe that we are ready for a post-race society, where we congregate based on shared values and vision. Call it Benevolent Tribalism? Worth a try, right?
It is really for those who ostracize and marginalize people of color to demolish their system of oppression first. In the meantime, marginalized people need only become more acquainted with their humanity, diversity, and seek joy.
maybe if the people that ostracize people of color become more acquainted with their humanity, diversity and seek joy, that day will be hastened. But as the professor in the piece I linked to, the returned freed slaves to Liberia subjugated the indigenous people of their adopted home, and they were all of the same skin color. so I think, yes, in the US, skin color plays a huge factor in bias and prejudice, but how does one explain the marginalizing and oppression of one group of Blacks by another group of Blacks? Is that racism as we know it?
There are classist regimes to be sure which I don’t know much about but congress just passed legislation prohibiting hair discrimination. The military just lifted bans on locked hair. Those are basic steps to equity. We have a long long way to go. This will be a painful process but a necessary one.