Catégorie : Allgemein
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Traurigkeit und Wut.
« Mit den ukrainischen Flüchtlingen finden die Europäer ihren Sinn für Gastfreundschaft wieder », wenn das nur für alle Menschen gelten würde…Seit mehreren Tagen möchte ich mich ausdrücken, ich suche nach Worten, aber ich finde sie nicht. Ich bin überwältigt, von Traurigkeit und Wut.Ich bin traurig, weil ich an die Tausenden von Frauen und Männern denke, die […]
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Where in pre-colonial Africa are African Americans from?
The vast majority of Africans in bondage were imported to North America from seven general regions of Africa. The list below includes the region name, estimated percentage of Africans from each region, and location description based on current day national borders: Senegambia (15%)Senegambia includes that stretch of coast encompassing the present day nations of Senegal and Gambia. Captives […]
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5 Historic Examples of Cooperative Economics (Ujamaa) That Advanced The Black Community
Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) In 1914 Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest movement across territorial borders among the African peoples during the 20th century. By the early 1920s the UNIA could count branches in almost every Caribbean, Latin America, and sub-Saharan African country with membership swelling to 8 million. Under Garvey’s […]
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9 Things Verifying That European And American Economic Success Came From Slavery
Without the significant labor to cultivate the land Europeans claimed to have “discovered,” it would have been for naught. The notion of Europeans or Native Americans working the land was not seriously considered. It was the enslaved Africans who were put to work to grow the abundant land into livable housing, farms and other businesses. […]
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10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools
Teachers are some of my favorite people in the world. I mean I really love teachers! They tend to be enthusiastic about changing society, and more often than not, they care so deeply about their work and their students. What’s not to like? As a former teacher myself, I feel so very fortunate to meet teachers from […]