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Description:
An
unknown speaker once provided the following commentary about the
policing of Black bodies in America: "If your Black skin is seen as a
weapon, you are always believed to be armed, thus a threat to the lives
of others." Never could a statement be more pronounced than at this very
moment in time. This is not to imply that the bodies of Black people
are experiencing a new phenomenon, but that the implicit blows dealt by a
widening window of social media have exacerbated the tense feelings of
those who view it—and for some, it triggers the wounds of past
discrimination and even past physical encounters.
As
the editors of this issue of the Black History Bulletin, we feel that
America's Black children are experiencing the repercussions of a system
that was not designed for their survival—neither in academics nor in
life. Without active engagement, their hopes and dreams remain largely
constrained by the expectations of an "American Dream" that was never
meant for their success.
In
this conversation, we seek to pose and answer three key questions:
First, with over three hundred years of enslavement and state-sanctioned
segregation, how do we move away from the inequities of the past?
Second, when African American history is often only discussed in schools
within the context of slavery and only during Black History Month, how
is the historical narrative of the vibrant culture, art. and significant
contributions of African Americans to this country reaching children who
so desperately need to bear it? And lastly, What is to become of Whites
who are never taught to see the humanity of those who are of color and
whose lives matter as much as theirs do?
A
celebration of activists and activism, this discussion promotes a
shared vision of community engagement in the work of those who, in the
words of Barack Obama. "continue the long march of those who came before
us, a march for a more just, more equal. more free, more caring, and
more prosperous America." Black Lives Matter.
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