All white folks have to do is open up a book and read the history and WILLING TO LEARN the history of our people. They can do that on their own. I’m not talking about starting from slavery, I’m talking back in a time when African people were Kings & Queens. A time where we created mathematics, science, philosophy and religion. A time where we had learning centers to teach the savages from the outside who came to our borders (maybe the continent of Africa should have build a big ass wall, but we didn’t roll like that because we believe in teaching and helping everyone, a trait we still have and part of our downfall through history). A time where we traveled and navigated the world, at the same time when Europeans thought the world was flat. This part can take years.
After that, they can read up on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery in the new world. Hell, you can get an easy tutorial on how things were if you visit the African American Museum in DC and go to the basement and work your way up to the first floor. You can spend a day in that area alone.
Learn about the events before, during and after the civil war. Read about reconstruction and the progress we made up until Plessy vs. Ferguson. Read about the innovations and inventions we created, but unfortunately due to laws could not get patents for so therefore could not get the proper credit and recognition. We created a lot of stuff that people still use to this day and inventions that is essential to the way of life in America and the world. It would also be a good idea to read up on the impact of HBCU’s and it’s relevance to our community. There are hundreds of thousands of resources that accurately tell our story, unfortunately to quite a few white folks this would all show that we’re not the violent savages we’ve been portrayed as being over the centuries and today. IT CHANGES THE NARRATIVE. We have been and always will be creative and innovators in science, math, engineering, the arts, religion, philosophy, business and athletics if there was the equal access to resources(not that separate but equal ■■■■■■■■ because there was no equality there) as fair skinned counterparts. We can do some amazing things with the proper resources
Knowing and accepting our history should be required learning for ALL of us, black people too. I guarantee if the majority of this country knew our history and our contributions that has impacted mankind since the very beginning as the first people on this planet, we as a people(those of BLACK African decent) would no longer be undervalued, underestimated and marginalized. This goes for both races and hopefully change the mentality of white and black folks.
Unfortunately, this is just a dream. In reality, especially here in the United States this would never happen. The powers that be have continued to do a knock out job in erasing the majestic history of Black African people. Normally, here in the states all we know is Martin Luther King, JR and Rosa Parks. Even with them too, we(Americans in general) still get it wrong.
