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Phillip Winn

Crash Course: Black American History, with Clint Smith
youtu.be/xPx5aRuWCtc

This is a series I like so much, I linked it in my bio for Black History Month. Clint Smith takes us through 51 videos, each in the neighborhood of ten minutes, all in Crash Course style.

The six-minute video above is an introduction and overview, with the other 51 episodes in a playlist.

youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8d

The presenter also wrote a book, which you can order in your choice of formats here: bookshop.org/p/books/how-the-w

On a recommendation from a friend, I've ordered another book, *Slavery's Constitution* by David Waldstreicher. I expect to have something to say about that one when I've finished it.

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mekka okereke :verified:

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

I'm still not talking about Black history. I'm still talking about white US history.

Q: Why do Black kids not do well in school? Is it because their dads are uninvolved and uncaring parents? Bill Cosby and Herschel Walker told me that, and they are good and wise men that we should listen to! It's Black dads' fault! Boo Black men!

A: No. Black kids only do poorly in school *in extremely racist countries.*

#BlackMastodon

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Prof Kemi FG

The same thing. Black people get nonstop lectures about "pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps" and "you should be looking for a hand up, not a handout," but when we actually succeed, we get targeted by the white power structure for getting too "uppity."

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #racism

theroot.com/white-neighbors-tr

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Phillip Winn

@Jaden2@mstdn.social I go back and forth on this.

YES! Black history *is* American history, and American history is Black history. No doubt about that! Anybody teaching a history course should look long and hard to include Black people if possible, since they've been whitewashed out of most places they belong.

So in that sense, we should all be exposed to Black history as often as we're exposed to any history at all, which is very often for students, and not often enough for adults living their post-school lives.

But I sometimes think of it like birthdays. You're a person every day. You reflect the hopes and dreams of the people around you, and the love and care of your family and friends 24/7/365, right? You life matters *every* day, not just one day. But still, one day out of each year, it's worth taking stock of the passage of time. It's worth celebrating your life in a special way, with cake! Which doesn't mean your life doesn't matter the other 364 days of the year.

So all of American history is Black history. But I think it's still good to take one month out of twelve to remind people that Black lives have ALWAYS mattered, and that we wouldn't be where we are today without the contributions of Black people to this country, and we'd be in a better place if we'd not spent so much effort trying to keep Black people down.

Does that make sense?

All months should include Black history, but also, Black History Month is a Good Thing™.

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Sarah Streza 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

2000-2005: Blogs are great and so are comments!
2005-2010: Blogs are still great but comments are not.
2010-Present: What if we didn't have blogs but just had a website full of nothing but comments?

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Rod Faulkner

"During World War I and World War II, the fear of combat-trained African American soldiers returning from deployment overseas to Jim Crow and segregation in the United States so threatened white supremacy, these soldiers were often made the specific targets of racially-motivated, violent attacks."

medium.com/an-injustice/in-ser

#BlackHistoryMonth2023 #BlackHistory365 #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackFediverse

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Phillip Winn

In 1923, the New York Times Magazine published an article about one exception to the then-current prohibition against alcohol sales: foreign embassies.

Charge of the Little Embassies at Washington
sundaymagazine.org/2023/02/05/

Of course, the location of most of these foreign embassies (Washington D.C.) means that the politicians responsible for prohibition were not themselves without access to alcohol. Some things don't seem to change.

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Abeni

Rosa Parks wasn’t the first person to take a stand with the Montgomery Bus Line.

Nine months earlier, 15 year old high school student Claudette Colvin refused to give her seat to a white rider. She became a co-defendant on the Browder v. Gayle civil suit which eventually made its way to the Supreme Court. In 1956 they ruled that racially-segregated seating on public buses in Alabama was unconstitutional.

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Phillip Winn

If you have only a few minutes each day, read whatever @mekkaokereke has posted for the day. But if you have more time, much more time, perhaps you'll enjoy some:

Black History Audiobooks
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnk

The 21 videos in this playlist include some very short speeches by Lincoln and Wilberforce, but also some multi-hour audiobooks.

After reading Mekka all this month, I find myself wondering about the selection of authors and subjects. A "Black History Audiobooks" playlist that includes multiple speeches by Abraham Lincoln and one by William Wilberforce? Whether you accept the description of Lincoln as a white supremacist or not, it's a little weird to have three out of 21 videos be speeches by white people, right? And then the story of young (white) Abraham Lincoln? I could go on, but there are some good books on the list, so I'll stop. It's not my place.

Enjoy writings from Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass, and books about the Underground Railroad, the American Revolution, and exploration of the North Pole.

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mekka okereke :verified:

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth

Still haven't made it to Black history yet. I'm still working through white US history.

Q: Why do so many Black people refuse to sing the US national anthem? I'm sorry, but that seems unpatriotic to me. Plus, the Whitney Houston version is amazing! Why don't you like Whitney Houston? Whitney!

A: Because more Black folk know the true history of the anthem, and some can't get past the racism.

hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109

#BlackMastodon

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CellyBlue

You can hide history. Not teach history. But. It will always be with us. The Trail of Tears was an ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of approximately 60,000 people of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government.

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zhivi

Have you heard of Adella Hunt Logan? Because she has Caucasian ancestry on her maternal side, Adella’s light skin often allowed her to pass as white. Born during the Civil War and growing up in the Jim Crow south, Hunt Logan learned to use this as an advantage. More in the comments.
#BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter @BlackMastodon
#BlackFediverse #BlackFedi
#BlackAcademics #BlackDiaspora #BIPoc #black #blacklivesmatter #DiversityEquityInclusion #dei #mastodon #racism #antiracist #history

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Sheril Kirshenbaum

Born in 1852, Mary Titcomb had a strong desire for an education & career.

Mary became a librarian & making #books accessible to everyone was a priority. She came up with a children’s room & set up “book stations” in shops & post offices in town.

But Mary noticed people from rural areas weren’t visiting the #library. So, she secured funding to build & begin the nation’s first bookmobile. 📚

amazon.com.au/Library-Wheels-T #history

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mekka okereke :verified:

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

Not ready to talk about Black History. Still talking about white US history.

Q: Why are Black neighborhoods so often high crime neighborhoods? Must be a lawless people! Violent! Thieves! Predators!

A: There is no such thing as a "high crime neighborhood." The whole concept is entirely made up based on our notion of what we consider a crime.

You may be thinking:🤔 Wait... What?! Not true! A high crime neighborhood has more drug use and sales, theft, and even murder!

1/N

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Phillip Winn

On this Tuesday in Black History Month, I present Black History for White People:

youtu.be/ljVZ4BAGFeU

There are 63 episodes, plus some additional related videos:

youtube.com/@blackhistoryforwh

It is my general working theory that most of us wypipo are essentially ignorant about either huge categories of events and people in American history, or missing a huge amount of important details about events and people we think we know about from American history, or both. This series of videos aims to assume nothing, and fill in the gaps.

Honestly, it can be embarrassing sometimes to realize just how ignorant the listener stand-in character can be, but that's how we learn: put away the pride, listen by yourself if it helps, and take in the new information. And fellow wypipo, if you find that you know almost everything you hear in these videos, that's good, but it's not as if it's a huge measure of success to be proud of. It's more like you're no longer asleep (but "woke" has been turned into something like a slur), or you've opened your eyes. A good thing, but not something to brag about, in my opinion.

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Maggie

The concepts of un/fairness are a big deal to kids. So when #BlackHistoryMonth comes up, some kids may genuinely wonder: Why are we celebrating #BlackHistory? What about other ppl? The important context of a #history of centuries of #inequality is complicated to explain to kids but it’s necessary to discuss this early & often. If they ask, e.g. “How come there’s no White History Month?” (or hears it), here are some ideas
parents-together.org/how-come-

#BlackMastodon #Blackfedi #BlackDispora #Diversity

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Autonomie und Solidarität

Missouri Is About to Kill a Man Who Witnesses Say Was 2,000 Miles Away at the Time of the Crime

"Leonard “Raheem” Taylor is scheduled for execution on Tuesday, but the state’s case against him doesn’t add up."

theintercept.com/2023/02/05/mi

#execution #missouri #antireport

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This is a hard thread for me, and I suspect a hard one for most wypipo like me.

hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109

I have long considered myself someone who resists hero worship, but I also know I have a hard time letting go of positive images formed when I was young.

I don't want to let perfection stand in the way of progress, so I think it's worthwhile to celebrate the progress made by Lincoln while also being honest about his failures. Even in the whitewashed history I was taught, he bent over backwards to accommodate the enslaving southern states, and all for naught. It didn't help, and you'd think the suffering of so many people would have made it clear it never could.

But maybe that's still me, not wanting to go as far as I should in my criticism. I honestly don't know.

I appreciate the effort @mekkaokereke is going to attempting to educate people like me.

mekka okereke :verified:  
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth ! Still not talking about Black history. Still talking about white US history. Q: Why do so many Black folk call Abraham ...
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Phillip Winn

Is it crazy how saying sentences backwards creates backwards sentences saying how crazy it is?

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mekka okereke :verified:

Happy #BlackHistoryMonth !

Still not talking about Black History. Still talking about white US History.

The US *loves* soldiers and veterans! Virtuous! Service! 🇺🇲🦅

The US *hates* homeless people. Lazy! Dirty! Want a handout!

But... ~1 in every 20 US homeless folk is a Black or hispanic veteran. 🤷🏿‍♂️

In the USA, the phrase "support our troops!" is a euphemism that does mean military jingoism, but doesn't mean supporting all of our troops.

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