What I noted is WHAT kinds of history is allowed.pic.twitter.com/CmyI5kNTeV
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For instance - we are allowed to talk about enslavement of African’s as long as no one (read White people) is to blame and as long as the absolute horror is hidden and replaced by a “smiling, hard working” enslaved people narrative.pic.twitter.com/J2Mj6PeSJ0
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We are allowed - in CA at least - to learn about the catholic mission system but not about the actual catholic missionary’s zealous genocide of indigenous and Mexican people, communities, languages and cultures.pic.twitter.com/paRcTk4MGA
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There is a picture book about the Stonewall Riots that erases trans women of color and butch Black women.pic.twitter.com/KBVgt43d7Q
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On the other hand, the delights of our people are also hidden from us in the hopes that we will all forget. A Deaf colleague recently told me that the front facing camera on smart phones came about because Deaf folks lobbies Apple for it. Now we Selfie the world.
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I love a good animated .gif (and I hit the G hard). Know who is responsible ? Lisa Gelobter ... Black woman.pic.twitter.com/GJuG9oTocS
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So ... yes. We must teach the ugly history but let’s also teach the bits that we can take pride and delight in. Because we are more than our collective tragedies.
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