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Curious for your take on a more narrow aspect of Black history: Took a great college course on African American politics that generally started from Reconstruction/Jim Crow, went forward from there to modern times
Kyle is spot on here. My wife is a lifelong educator and suggests two places to start Black history: 1. The beginning. Go back to Africa, thousands of years ago, and work forward. 2. Today. And then work backward. But nah. You NEVER start with slavery. That's a trick.https://twitter.com/kylekuzma/status/952656497644855296 …
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That's typical. Depends on the title of the course, but I see that often.
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Oh I agree, but never start the story during slavery.
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Absolutely. Hope that educators who follow you here see this and integrate this into their philosophy towards education and teaching history.
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More food for thought: Why call them Egyptian Pharaohs or Egyptian Queens? Isn't Egypt on the continent of Africa too? Why not African King?
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Why? Because Egyptians are such an important part of our history. That's why
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And the goal has been to remove Egypt from Africa and make it European.
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yes, and/but...African legacy need not be kings and queens to deserve an origin story. Some were goats herders and planters.
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I've never thought about that. As a white dude, I've never HAD to either. Anyone got a book or two to start with that I could read?
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@shasimss Drs (most): Ivan Van Sertima Asa Hilliard, III Chancellor Williams Marimba Ani Yosef Ben-Jochannan Jacob Carruthers, Jr. Leonard Jeffries, Jr. Na'im Akbar Cheikh Anta Diop John Henrik Clarke Théophile Obenga Molefe Asante Amos N. Wilson George James Runoko Rashidi -
Thank you very much. I'll start looking with those names.
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In a similar vein, why start the history of America with the arrival of Europeans? We skim or ignore pre-Columbian history, and we'd be better served teaching that before we even get to European contact and immigration.
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Ivan Van Sertima details the pre Columbus era in a few books. John Henrik Clarke is another teacher.
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Drs (most): Ivan Van Sertima Asa Hilliard, III Chancellor Williams Marimba Ani Yosef Ben-Jochannan Jacob Carruthers, Jr. Leonard Jeffries, Jr. Na'im Akbar Cheikh Anta Diop John Henrik Clarke Théophile Obenga Molefe Asante Amos N. Wilson George James Runoko Rashidi
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In a college course in the late 1980's I read "How Europe Under Developed Europe" I learned a lot.pic.twitter.com/wbSKYsCD9z
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To remind these young black children they began from meager beginnings. Why would the school system want to teach these young black men & women their truth?
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By starting black history with slavery it reinforces the racist narrative of white superiority & black subordination. It's used to support the social construct of white supremacy. It's entirely psychological.
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Maybe if we stop selling rights to Pearson. Also, it's absurd that teachers have to follow copyright laws. If it is in our history, it should be accessible for education.
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