So I’ve had this debate just a few instances over time. As a younger educated black man I…

“reject slavery as my historical past”

and refuse to determine with it. I do not settle for slavery as my historical past.

“I determine with historical past pre-slavery”

wherein there are numerous nice function fashions and accounts of historic contributions to the civilizations of the world together with drugs, science, astronomy, arithmetic, hygiene, philosophy, spirituality and extra.

Additionally opposite to fashionable perception yoga mythology continuing education course has it is origins in Africa not India or the West. I state this merely to interrupt the stereotypical views that every one these non secular practises are usually not common. It originated in Africa however the observe was and is worldwide.

Virtually immediately with out considering or reasoning, individuals react in a presumptious means & bounce to the conclusion that I am rejecting my heritage and all black historical past. They do not notice that subconsciously they’re saying that I ought to determine with struggling, captivity, being regarded as lower than others, lower than human and have a low opinion of myself.

What does slavery train me about my heritage and the place I got here from? What did black individuals achieve from slavery(faux black historical past)? What’s Curt Soul rejecting?

 

• Lack of self love
• Damaged households
• Damaged Lineage
• Lack of tradition
• Lack of id
• Lack of unity

 

From the record you may see that I am rejecting a bunch of negativity.

What did Black individuals and the world achieve from actual black historical past?

 

• Medication
• Philosophy
• Arithmetic
• Structure
• Agriculture
• Astronomy
• Poetry
• Spirituality
• Hygiene
• Self love
• Tradition

 

…and the record goes on. So now are you starting to see why I select to determine with historical past pre slavery?

In case your youngster may solely select one record to determine with, which record would you urge them to choose?

My historical past didn’t start with chains

Earlier than slavery you’ve got black Kings & Queens, Dynasties, colleges of thought, non secular practise however most significantly respect and historic achievements to be happy with. There’s greater than 100,000 years of black historical past documented with cultures and tribes such because the Dogon, Pygmis, Watusi’s, Olmecs, Moors (who dominated Spain for 800 years), Kemetians (true Egyptians), Nubians and plenty of extra.

A black particular person I determine with is Imhotep. he lived 5000 years in the past (pre historical past) and is documented because the worlds 1st Multi-Genius. Imhotep was a health care provider, scientist, healer, astronomer,mathematician, architect, carpenter, sculpture, excessive priest, thinker, poet, chancellor, engineer and extra. He had properly documented surgical procedures hundreds of years earlier than the so referred to as Greek founders of medication. Actually the traditional Greecians pay homage to him.

Figuring out with greats like Imhotep allowed me to aspire to greatness and desires & potential with out limitation, not acceptance. Whereas rising up figuring out with slavery taught my thoughts to consider the world and potential in a restricted means.

I really feel it can also make you develop up not feeling adequate/equal as a result of your figuring out with nothing. Your taught that different races have a historical past of accomplishment, tradition and most significantly contribution to the worlds development. The worst factor slavery did was to chop off the peoples historical past. In case you was a Chinese language slave you might nonetheless look to China and have a tradition and id to determine with. In case you had been a Jewish slave you might nonetheless look and have a historical past and tradition to determine with. Nevertheless should you had been a black slave you had no clue what to determine with. They had been dehumanized, handled like animals. Raped, tortured, mentally and bodily abused and taught nothing however pray to the picture of those who enslaved them. Their fathers had been both unknown, useless, bought off or secretly the very grasp who continued to enslave them and their fellow slaves. These points nonetheless keep on immediately with black individuals having a excessive fee of damaged, fatherless properties. Africa is a large continent with numerous cultures, international locations and attributes. As a black slave you had no thought of the place you got here from advert no means of discovering out and so connection to the foundation was misplaced.

The widespread perception is that the western world civilized the black race by way of slavery and that earlier than this black individuals simply lived within the bushes with no data. Actually the disrespect goes to this point that just about all black accomplishments have been suppressed, altered, stolen and wrongly credited so once more I stress the purpose ought to I determine with this lie? An instance of that is just about each film about Egypt or any biblical film. All of the African characters are performed by white Individuals, which subconsciously packages the plenty to consider these characters as white. Due to this fact whenever you consider the pyramids, Moses, Imhotep and different nice issues you don’t determine them with black. Even the person referred to as thrice nice, multi-genius & polymath (Imhotep) was utterly disrespected within the movie the Mummy the place he’s portrayed as evil, loopy and shock shock NOT black.

After slavery it turned onerous for the world to simply accept anybody or factor of nice significance as black as a result of the entire world was systematically brainwashed into forming a low opinion of black individuals. The world was taught that black individuals had been uncivilized beasts and demons not human.

Why would a King wish to settle for the notion of the slave being the creator of the philosophies he lives his life by?

To just accept slavery as my historical past means to simply accept being an uneducated captive, appeared down upon by the world as my tradition and heritage.

In colleges, faculties and different types of schooling methods your taught in regards to the tradition and accomplishments of a race as historical past. Nevertheless on the subject of black historical past your solely taught in regards to the persecution and enslavement of black individuals. NOTHING is taught about tradition and historic accomplishments. There’s additionally an outrageous perspective in direction of constructive black issues. If I converse of something of significance being created by blacks the concept is ridiculed and dismissed instantly and not using a 2nd thought. If I stated the Chinese language constructed the rail street all of us say how nice that’s, If I say the Individuals invented the Aircraft we are saying how nice that’s, If I say the Historical Greeks had been nice architects all of us say sure that is true BUT if I say Africans constructed the pyramids we are saying no that is not attainable and If I argue the purpose I turn out to be labelled “afrocentric” or racist which is ridiculous. What’s much more ridiculous is that some individuals say that Egypt is not in Africa. I really feel it’s because our unconscious is closely programmed by Tel-Stay-Imaginative and prescient packages and mass media just about from delivery.

If I taught historical past I would not train the Holocaust as Jewish historical past, I might train it as a horrible occasion that occurred to Jewish individuals. I would not train the invasion of Manchuria as Chinese language historical past, I might train it as a horrible occasion that occurred to Chinese language individuals. So with that thoughts set you may guess what I am about to say.

Why is slavery taught as “black” historical past?

Why is it not taught as a horrible occasion that occurred to black individuals? Slavery would not even account for 1% of black historical past but it is portrayed because the 100%.

I REFUSE to have a low opinion of myself, my tradition and my story (thriller).

The world realized arithmetic, science, philosophy, drugs, spirituality, structure and plenty of extra issues from Africans. It is closely documented by EVERY tradition, there’s a phenomenal quantity of black historical past lengthy earlier than slavery but it isn’t taught as black historical past. We’re all programmed to reject something pre slavery as black historical past.

Otis Boykin (1920-1982) invented the digital management gadgets for guided missiles, IBM computer systems, and the pacemaker.

George Washington Carver invented peanut butter.

Lewis Latimer (1848-1928) invented the carbon filament which is a vital a part of the sunshine bulb.

Granville T. Woods (1856-1910) invented a train-to-station communication system.

Jan Ernst Matzeliger (1852-1889) invented a shoemaking machine that elevated shoemaking pace by 900%!

I did not know this stuff and I wager most of you studying this did not.

As a toddler I cherished studying about historic Greek historical past and mythology, I used to be obsessed (I might later uncover that every one that I cherished really had it is roots in MY historical past). Earlier than age 16 I had no thought that there have been black kings, queens and dynasties. I had no thought their had been black Gods and non secular methods. It was solely after I started trying into it and studying that I started to unravel the thriller of the story that has turn out to be a forgotten historical past. Now I do know a lot of my historical past and cultures and stand as a proud black man with love of self and thus I can and do present like to ALL RACES. The humorous factor is that the data will not be actually hidden, individuals simply haven’t any incentive to look.

The rationale that is vital to me is as a result of irrespective of your race, realizing self is vital. It lets you love and be happy with who you might be. Which lets you present like to others. The one motive all of those wars and injustices occurred over time all through the world is turn out to be any person at all times needs to be greater than/superior to any person else.