Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !
You know the drill by now. I don't like talking about Black history. Americans know Black history. I want to talk about white American history. In other words, racism, and the erasure of both positive achievements of, and injustices suffered by, non-white people. That's what people don't know.
Try this: Ask your white US friends what the statue of liberty celebrates.
Now ask your Black friends. Or French folk of any color.
@mekkaokereke for me, as a Latvian, it is very insightful to follow #BlackHistoryMonth. Thanks for posting this!
I'm ashamed that I didn't know who Édouard de Laboulaye was until today. In school in the 90s the story of the Statue was told in such a way that the fact that it was a gift from France is the punchline.
Not only it is shallow, but also a missed opportunity. In my land slavery was abolished very close to 1865: in 1861. So it's a missed opportunity to talk about the total injustice brought by white civilizations across the world.
