So here we are, February 1, 2014. The start of another Black History month. Good. We need this.
The nation needs it. God knows the white people, in their own country need it since we don't know our own history.
Recommended reading:
W.E.B. DuBois BLACK RECONSTRUCTIONRonald Takaki A DIFFERENT MIRROREric Lott LOVE AND THEFTNoel Ignatiev HOW THE IRISH BECAME WHITEWard Churchill and Jim Vander Wall AGENTS OF REPRESSION: The FBI’s Secret Wars Against the Black Panther Party and the American Indian MovementAlexander Saxton THE RISE AND FALL OF THE WHITE REPUBLIC(B)ell hooks BLACK LOOKSDouglas A. Blackmon SLAVERY BY ANOTHER NAMEAndrew Hacker TWO NATIONS: BLACK AND WHITE, SEPARATE, HOSTILE, UNEQUAL
Go get 'em.
Link:
Slavery by Another Name