Black (unappreciated) History

February is Black History month in America. A month designated as such because of the underwhelming amount of Black history that is taught to Americans, and because of the *wrong” Black History taught to Americans. And, finally, it is in place because the people who need to learn Black History are the very ones who have prevented it from being taught in school.

Many Americans have a vague idea of Black History that goes something like this:

Africans sold people to benevolent capitalists. Those capitalists took their newly purchased cargo of “immigrants” to the land of milk and honey and together the whites and Blacks worked to make a new country. There were some differences of opinion that white leaders resolved in the noble war between brothers that was settled by a great speech at Gettysburg, and proven by manifest destiny, as God intended.

Interlude

Great white men of America saved the world from a not great white European man.

Everything was fine until there were some new disagreements with Rosa Parks, so Dr. King gave a speech about it and unheralded President Lyndon Johnson single handedly signed legislation to resolve all differences between Black and white folk.

Interlude

Everyone voted for Obama and America achieved equity and racial harmony.