Better know about more than two black people. The whole of African American History does not lie within the realm of the Civil Rights era, and the Slave era. There are more than two Black People that have done something Historical. MLK and Malcolm X are not the only Black people in history worth knowing about. As glossed over in public education as black history is in America, there should be two to three straight months where nothing but minority is taught, not because we're more important, just becasue we're as important as everyone else.
The next person that tells me we shouldn't celebrate Black History Month better know more than one Hip Hop song from the Early eighties. If you only know of Rapper's Delgiht than you need to study. If you've never heard the Message, you are lacking in aural happiness. If you don't know who Eric B. and Rakim are, or you think that Will Smith never made music that's worth listening to, don't come at my african american head. If you don't know that Wu Tang Clan Ain't Nothing to ******** Wit' you're lacking in experience with African American history. Of course I'm exaggerating.
However it is my general experience that people have a lack of respect for our history. We learn American History in class, but we don't know the history of the Native. We know more lies than truth; some people still think that Lincoln freed the slaves. It's not that we want to learn our history at the cost of learning yours, it's just that we want to history. Black History and White History are not mutually ******** exclusive, and I believe that many of the people who believe there should be no Black history classes, or a Black history month are of that ideology. MLK asked for a socialistic equality for everyone, not a tilted playing field, the BPP asked for the ability to form a nationalistic commune, not to remove white people. Revolutionaries despite what you may think have not been asking for the destruction of the government, but for it to be mutable enough to allow a true equality.
Now That's What's Up
 Caz_Nova · Mon Feb 06, 2006 @ 07:55pm · 4 Comments |
