'Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and hope of the slave' - Maya Angelou
As black history month comes to an end I decided to do my first blog on just that.
My memories of black history month growing up was absolutely ridiculous. It was basically non existent, we never once learnt about black history in all my years of education, it wasn’t made a big fuss over or any fuss at all. I believe that the learning of black history is momentous especially for the younger generation, they should grow up with knowing issues that were faced in the past.
It is important in order for people to not grow up ignorant about the past and present. What makes the government think learning about Henry the Vlll and Margaret Thatcher is more important than learning about Ruby bridges. This is probably even the first time you’ve heard her name, the educational system is ethnocentric.Who’s really been to a school where learning about the culture and history of blacks was a principle.
Let me name you a few influential people in black history that the minority of you may or may not know about;
Jack Johnson became the first African-American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908.
John Langston was the first black man to become a lawyer in Ohio.
Did you know the three signal traffic light was created by a black person? Or did you know that Marie Brittan Brown was a black nurse whom created the first home security system? A black person created the first dust pan, iron, refrigerator, mop.
There are numerous amount of things that a black person has made which we use on a day to day basis but who would have known?
For the fact that we’ve had the first black president in history does not mean society is moving forward. We live in a world where people regardless of age are being shot in cold blood because of their race, is this the supposedly freedom we have. we’re brain washed and socialised into believing were free just because there’s no chains and whips does not mean we’re not still enslaved because of skin.
Early last week Snapchat comedian 'Stevo The Mad Man' put on Instagram a very controversial question ‘ should white people be able to say the word nigga if it’s a song’ reading the comments under these posts just baffled me, I saw the most ignorant and insensitive things it was absolutely ridiculous. Why is it that white people not being able to say the word nigga is a problem?
As black history month comes to an end I decided to do my first blog on just that.
My memories of black history month growing up was absolutely ridiculous. It was basically non existent, we never once learnt about black history in all my years of education, it wasn’t made a big fuss over or any fuss at all. I believe that the learning of black history is momentous especially for the younger generation, they should grow up with knowing issues that were faced in the past.
It is important in order for people to not grow up ignorant about the past and present. What makes the government think learning about Henry the Vlll and Margaret Thatcher is more important than learning about Ruby bridges. This is probably even the first time you’ve heard her name, the educational system is ethnocentric.Who’s really been to a school where learning about the culture and history of blacks was a principle.
Let me name you a few influential people in black history that the minority of you may or may not know about;
Jack Johnson became the first African-American man to hold the World Heavyweight Champion boxing title in 1908.
John Langston was the first black man to become a lawyer in Ohio.
Did you know the three signal traffic light was created by a black person? Or did you know that Marie Brittan Brown was a black nurse whom created the first home security system? A black person created the first dust pan, iron, refrigerator, mop.
There are numerous amount of things that a black person has made which we use on a day to day basis but who would have known?
For the fact that we’ve had the first black president in history does not mean society is moving forward. We live in a world where people regardless of age are being shot in cold blood because of their race, is this the supposedly freedom we have. we’re brain washed and socialised into believing were free just because there’s no chains and whips does not mean we’re not still enslaved because of skin.
Early last week Snapchat comedian 'Stevo The Mad Man' put on Instagram a very controversial question ‘ should white people be able to say the word nigga if it’s a song’ reading the comments under these posts just baffled me, I saw the most ignorant and insensitive things it was absolutely ridiculous. Why is it that white people not being able to say the word nigga is a problem?
Great blog!
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