Black people know things. Despite the systematic erasure of our history, the centuries-long intentional miseducation and the collective brainwashing that this country has inflicted on us, there are certain things that black people just know. Whether it is instinctive or passed down through generations, our continued existence depends on an inherited education that cannot be…
Tag: White Supremacy
Andrew Jackson was a slaver, ethnic cleanser, and tyrant. He deserves no place on our money.
On Wednesday, the Treasury Department announced that a portrait of Harriet Tubman will grace future $20 bills starting in 2030. It’s a fitting, and long overdue tribute to a genuine hero of American history who helped end the gravest evil this nation ever perpetrated.
The Discomfort of White Adults Should Never Take Priority Over the Success of Our Black and Brown Students
Blog > Better Conversation The Discomfort of White Adults Should Never Take Priority Over the Success of Our Black and Brown Students Posted June 5, 2019 in Better Conversation, The Belief Gap, The Opportunity Gap Michael Prihoda is a former middle school English teacher who now works in communications and development for The Mind Trust,…
FBI Director Christopher Wray Breaks With Donald Trump and Says White Supremacy ‘Is a Persistent, Pervasive Threat’
During a hearing before the House Appropriations Committee Thursday, FBI Director Christopher Wray proclaimed white supremacy was an unwelcome and widespread threat to America, going against what President Donald Trump has previously said on the issue. “The danger, I think, of white supremacists, violent extremism or another kind of extremism is, of course, significant,” Wray said…
How the US Government used Black people as guinea pigs
There is a reason why African-Americans do not like to go to their doctors or even to hospital. Many fear that they will be probed, prodded, and experimented upon without their consent, and return home sicker than when they left – or may not return home at all. It is because throughout their long history…
