Zone1 Why Is American Afraid of Black History?

[el midgetron]

You’re telling me Doodoolex is black?! He just made a bigoted remark about poor whites (“trailer trash”), and then he gets mad at what he perceives as racism against blacks?

I don’t know how he identifiers but he acts black.

 

[Cellblock2429]

Recently there has been a trend on college campuses to create courses that discuss the concept of whiteness. Once that began, the usual suspects crawled out from under the rocks and started whining about racism against whites. Never mind that black studies departments exist; the American right must whine. Hence the current right-wing movement to cleanse our history books of everything they believe makes European descendants look bad.

In the 21st century, we must move beyond memes created by mostly far-right loudmouths. These types have some whites believing we all chose to come over here on the Mayflower. Some believe it is unfair how whites get portrayed in modern teachings. Unfair is revising history to leave out the factual record. Teaching our children the mistakes we made should not mean we are teaching them to dislike whites or being white. I and generations of other blacks endured the annual K-12 section of history about black slavery, and it did not make me hate being black. In recent years we have seen a consistent well-funded, politically supported movement by the right-wing to enforce gaslighting as a way of educating today’s students. In this movement, anything that negatively shows whites must be censored.

WHY IS AMERICA AFRAID OF BLACK HISTORY?​

No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.
By Lonnie G. Bunch III

One can tell a great deal about a country by what it chooses to remember: by what graces the walls of its museums, by what monuments are venerated, and by what parts of its history are embraced. One can tell even more by what a nation chooses to forget: what memories are erased and what aspects of its past are feared. This unwillingness to understand, accept, and embrace an accurate history, shaped by scholarship, reflects an unease with ambiguity and nuance—and with truth. One frequent casualty of such discomfort is any real appreciation of the importance of African American history and culture for all Americans.

Why should anyone fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals—to “make good to us the promises in your Constitution,” as Frederick Douglass put it? But too often, we are indeed fearful. State legislatures have passed laws restricting the teaching of critical race theory, preventing educators from discussing a history that “might make our children feel guilty” about the actions and attitudes of their ancestors. Librarians around the nation feel the chilling effects of book bans. Some individuals who seek to occupy the highest office in the land fear the effects of an Advanced Placement class that explores African American history—a history that, as education officials in Florida have maintained, “lacks educational value”; a history that does not deserve to be remembered.

Rather than running from this history, we should find in it sustenance, understanding, and hope. In the end, we can’t escape the past anyway. What Joe Louis said of an opponent applies to the legacy of history: You can run, but you can’t hide.

Why Is America Afraid of Black History?

No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.

www.theatlantic.com

/——/ No American is afraid of Black history month, you drooling troll. Go peddle your hyperbole somewhere else.

 

[el midgetron]

Well, not ALL blacks. I still believe you have to judge each person individually, regardless of their race. That said, blacks are doing poorly as a group and until they take responsibility for their own choices, and stop blaming whitey, things won’t get better.

The first thing is for poor, unmarried blacks to use birth control and reduce the 74% OOW birthrate. That leads to the bulk of their problems - poverty and high crime.

Amen to that.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

If blacks are broken it is because of white racism. If the history was broken it was boken because of white racism. Sio if there is ANY race that cannot be repaired it is the white race who did this and then wants to make the claim like this you have made. It shows that you suffer from psychosids.

How can the superior black race be"broken" by the inferior white race.

No, your culture sucks. You accept and defend violence, reject the traditional family, reject education. The list goes on and on. Do better as a race. Take personal responsibility and clean up your mess

 

[Hector12]

We're not discussing sub-Saharan Africa.
AND
So that makes what White slavers did OK?

I never justified the slave trade. I think it was the worst mistake whites in the Americas made. What I have said is that blacks were complicit in the slave trade.

 

[Dadoalex]

I never justified the slave trade. I think it was the worst mistake whites in the Americas made. What I have said is that blacks were complicit in the slave trade.

Yes, you have.
You blamed Black people for the poor Whites getting forced into buying Black...

Geez...

Just stop being stupid, please.

 

[irosie91]

Yes, you have.
You blamed Black people for the poor Whites getting forced into buying Black...

Geez...

Just stop being stupid, please.

yes---stop being stupid---THE WHOLE WOLRD was involved in slavery back in them those days. It was a norm

 

[Billo_Really]

Recently there has been a trend on college campuses to create courses that discuss the concept of whiteness. Once that began, the usual suspects crawled out from under the rocks and started whining about racism against whites. Never mind that black studies departments exist; the American right must whine. Hence the current right-wing movement to cleanse our history books of everything they believe makes European descendants look bad.

In the 21st century, we must move beyond memes created by mostly far-right loudmouths. These types have some whites believing we all chose to come over here on the Mayflower. Some believe it is unfair how whites get portrayed in modern teachings. Unfair is revising history to leave out the factual record. Teaching our children the mistakes we made should not mean we are teaching them to dislike whites or being white. I and generations of other blacks endured the annual K-12 section of history about black slavery, and it did not make me hate being black. In recent years we have seen a consistent well-funded, politically supported movement by the right-wing to enforce gaslighting as a way of educating today’s students. In this movement, anything that negatively shows whites must be censored.

WHY IS AMERICA AFRAID OF BLACK HISTORY?​

No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.
By Lonnie G. Bunch III

One can tell a great deal about a country by what it chooses to remember: by what graces the walls of its museums, by what monuments are venerated, and by what parts of its history are embraced. One can tell even more by what a nation chooses to forget: what memories are erased and what aspects of its past are feared. This unwillingness to understand, accept, and embrace an accurate history, shaped by scholarship, reflects an unease with ambiguity and nuance—and with truth. One frequent casualty of such discomfort is any real appreciation of the importance of African American history and culture for all Americans.

Why should anyone fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals—to “make good to us the promises in your Constitution,” as Frederick Douglass put it? But too often, we are indeed fearful. State legislatures have passed laws restricting the teaching of critical race theory, preventing educators from discussing a history that “might make our children feel guilty” about the actions and attitudes of their ancestors. Librarians around the nation feel the chilling effects of book bans. Some individuals who seek to occupy the highest office in the land fear the effects of an Advanced Placement class that explores African American history—a history that, as education officials in Florida have maintained, “lacks educational value”; a history that does not deserve to be remembered.

Rather than running from this history, we should find in it sustenance, understanding, and hope. In the end, we can’t escape the past anyway. What Joe Louis said of an opponent applies to the legacy of history: You can run, but you can’t hide.

Why Is America Afraid of Black History?

No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.

www.theatlantic.com

Only the uneducated right care about whiteness. The liberals in this country embrace black heritage.

I am a white, Irish Catholic and I think black history is vital to learning what this country is all about. Our mistakes and how far we have come and the work we still need to do in the area of equality are very important to the growth of this country.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Only the uneducated right care about whiteness. The liberals in this country embrace black heritage

you're a good boy. Blacks everywhere love and respect you

 

[irosie91]

you're a good boy. Blacks everywhere love and respect you

gee Carl----I used to imagine you as a girl----for your sense of compassion

 

[leftwinger]

Before Obiden 1.0 in 2008 I had some hope for city Blacks. That was shattered. Now the massive uptick in violent crime, senseless murder, flash mobs, on-call riot for the white DEM, crime and fraud in GOVT jobs off the charts, 80% babies w/o fathers…..Obiden made it all worse. Unfixable in fact. Maybe they will self destruct?

 

[Hector12]

Yes, you have.
You blamed Black people for the poor Whites getting forced into buying Black...

Geez...

Just stop being stupid, please.

Stop resorting to the Straw Man Fallacy. In the Straw Man Fallacy one distorts an argument to make it easy to refute.

Slavery only benefited those who could afford slaves. In 1860 a healthy, young male slave might cost $1,000. To give you an idea of what that was worth back then, the month's salary for a Union private was $13.

Poor whites could not afford slaves.

 

[irosie91]

Stop resorting to the Straw Man Fallacy. In the Straw Man Fallacy one distorts an argument to make it easy to refute.

Slavery only benefited those who could afford slaves. In 1860 a healthy, young male slave might cost $1,000. To give you an idea of what that was worth back then, the month's salary for a Union private was $13.

Poor whites could not afford slaves.

for the record----I is "white" I am not afraid of black history----I was a college girl during the apex of its development-----it's failure?----it was
PUSHED OVER THE TOP. sheeeesh-----even "white castle hamburgers"
were delared RACIST. Eldridge Cleaver OBSESSED over "straight hair"---
with wet dreams

 

[IM2]

Only the uneducated right care about whiteness. The liberals in this country embrace black heritage.

I am a white, Irish Catholic and I think black history is vital to learning what this country is all about. Our mistakes and how far we have come and the work we still need to do in the area of equality are very important to the growth of this country.

This is true. The educated of all races respect the history of every race and ethnicity in this country.

 

[Dadoalex]

yes---stop being stupid---THE WHOLE WOLRD was involved in slavery back in them those days. It was a norm

And if the whole world jumped off a bridge?

Justifying slavery because other people did it?
Who was breeding slaves in 1830?

 

[IM2]

Before Obiden 1.0 in 2008 I had some hope for city Blacks. That was shattered. Now the massive uptick in violent crime, senseless murder, flash mobs, on-call riot for the white DEM, crime and fraud in GOVT jobs off the charts, 80% babies w/o fathers…..Obiden made it all worse. Unfixable in fact. Maybe they will self destruct?

None of this is true. You're just an ignorant white racist running your mouth online.

 

[Woodznutz]

Recently there has been a trend on college campuses to create courses that discuss the concept of whiteness. Once that began, the usual suspects crawled out from under the rocks and started whining about racism against whites. Never mind that black studies departments exist; the American right must whine. Hence the current right-wing movement to cleanse our history books of everything they believe makes European descendants look bad.

In the 21st century, we must move beyond memes created by mostly far-right loudmouths. These types have some whites believing we all chose to come over here on the Mayflower. Some believe it is unfair how whites get portrayed in modern teachings. Unfair is revising history to leave out the factual record. Teaching our children the mistakes we made should not mean we are teaching them to dislike whites or being white. I and generations of other blacks endured the annual K-12 section of history about black slavery, and it did not make me hate being black. In recent years we have seen a consistent well-funded, politically supported movement by the right-wing to enforce gaslighting as a way of educating today’s students. In this movement, anything that negatively shows whites must be censored.

WHY IS AMERICA AFRAID OF BLACK HISTORY?​

No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.
By Lonnie G. Bunch III

One can tell a great deal about a country by what it chooses to remember: by what graces the walls of its museums, by what monuments are venerated, and by what parts of its history are embraced. One can tell even more by what a nation chooses to forget: what memories are erased and what aspects of its past are feared. This unwillingness to understand, accept, and embrace an accurate history, shaped by scholarship, reflects an unease with ambiguity and nuance—and with truth. One frequent casualty of such discomfort is any real appreciation of the importance of African American history and culture for all Americans.

Why should anyone fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals—to “make good to us the promises in your Constitution,” as Frederick Douglass put it? But too often, we are indeed fearful. State legislatures have passed laws restricting the teaching of critical race theory, preventing educators from discussing a history that “might make our children feel guilty” about the actions and attitudes of their ancestors. Librarians around the nation feel the chilling effects of book bans. Some individuals who seek to occupy the highest office in the land fear the effects of an Advanced Placement class that explores African American history—a history that, as education officials in Florida have maintained, “lacks educational value”; a history that does not deserve to be remembered.

Rather than running from this history, we should find in it sustenance, understanding, and hope. In the end, we can’t escape the past anyway. What Joe Louis said of an opponent applies to the legacy of history: You can run, but you can’t hide.

Why Is America Afraid of Black History?

No one should fear a history that asks a country to live up to its highest ideals.

www.theatlantic.com

We actually need to revisit the white history of America; I think we're missing something.

 

[IM2]

How can the superior black race be"broken" by the inferior white race.

No, your culture sucks. You accept and defend violence, reject the traditional family, reject education. The list goes on and on. Do better as a race. Take personal responsibility and clean up your mess

I really think that whites need to stop making these kinds of comments given what you have done. Do better as a race. Face the truth of what you have done, work to fix the damage, and end your racism.

 

[IM2]

We actually need to revisit the white history of America; I think we're missing something.

No, we really aren't.

 

[Dadoalex]

Stop resorting to the Straw Man Fallacy. In the Straw Man Fallacy one distorts an argument to make it easy to refute.

Slavery only benefited those who could afford slaves. In 1860 a healthy, young male slave might cost $1,000. To give you an idea of what that was worth back then, the month's salary for a Union private was $13.

Poor whites could not afford slaves.

Irrelevant to the thread.