Maybe some Civics classes would help. Too many people don’t understand the rights they do have, and think they have too many rights that they don’t actually have.
How about a central government censorship board to approve all proposed images for advertising of private sector products? Like the FCC does for television and radio?
I’m a cultural minority. 82.7% of the total [U.S.] population [are] living in urban areas, as defined by the country. I live in a moderately rural area. We share basic everyday similarities with urban people, but our lives are as different as it gets.
A really thorough history lesson on not only the black experience in America, but the entire diaspora (Africa, South America and the Caribbean) and the starting point should not be slavery in this country. Real talk, a lot of folks from my community could benefit from this too because we don’t know enough about ourselves either.
Ok! Good! So what are the logistics for this history lesson? Are you talking about some type of mandatory training or what? We have 350M people in this country. Who teaches it and how?
And what do you foresee this changing as far as racism in the US?
Not one person can tell our story. Maybe there should be a national curriculum for grade school…I really don’t know.
However, outside of the classroom there are resources everywhere.
These resources was available to me and these resources are available to all of us including you. The thing is people have to be willing to read and think.
Besides my parents, my pastor from the church I grew up in, all my black studies teachers and many others who drop quite a few historical gems all through grade school and college reading for yourself and seeking was my biggest benefit. My starting point and the 2nd book (the bible being the 1st) my parents gave me was the, “The Miseducation of the Negro”, then from there it was “The Came Before Columbus”, “Destruction of Black Civilization”, “Invisible Man”, and on and on and on.
Thanks for the book recommendations, I’ll check them out.
Tell me something, given that I have limited resources, why should I be interested in your story? Do you think those history teachers have my story right?
I know my question sounds a bit harsh, but I don’t intend it to be.
I really need to do some more digging on mine. Both my grandfathers fought in WWII and my uncle was in Vietnam. I don’t know much past my grandparents. It would be a fascinating experience.