Black History For White People

Rinsing the bleach off our history books.
Our goal is simple—educate white people on black history.
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Black History for White People: Volume 1 https://t.co/461X92wH4U via @amazon

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We interviewed @Kiara_Imani about her book "Therapy Isn't Just For White People." The book reminds us why the telling & sharing of untold Black stories are central to understanding race issues in America. Subscribe today wherever you listen to podcasts.

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When sharecroppers farmed the land of white landowners, they were forced to rent their housing & tools. They had to use the pricing & credit system landowners offered, with typical interest rates running from 50%-100%. Price gouging kept sharecroppers in perpetual debt. #BHforWP

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The historical legacies of convict leasing and mass incarceration have worked together to create a widespread stereotype that Black men are more violent, more criminal, and more dangerous than white men. This was not always the case. #BHforWP

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"If these racial gaps were closed today, we could see $5 trillion of additional GDP over the next 5 years, or an average add of 0.35 percentage point to U.S. GDP growth per year and 0.09 percentage point to global growth per year." –Citigroup

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For example, the National Center for Education Statistics reported that from 2000–2001 to 2015–2016, the number of bachelor's degrees awarded to Black students increased by 75% & the number of associate degrees earned by Black students increased by 110%.

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This maintains the false impression that poverty is a Black community problem, & it can reinforce other negative stereotypes about Black people.

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The harm continues to compound. Banks look at Black communities or businesses and assess them as ‘more risky.’ Because these communities deal with ongoing discrimination and suppression, banks continue to charge higher interest rates to businesses in Black communities. #BHforWP

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There is a narrative that is pushing on every one of us. There is a culture, a way and a story that is being told to you. We're always going to challenge you to not passively accept it, but to actively lean against it. #BHforWP

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Any confederate statue that was part of the false narrative of the Lost Cause myth needs to come down—it serves no historical purpose. It has no redemptive purpose. It honors men at precisely the point of their greatest vice. It is unloving to our Black neighbors. #BHforWP

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We invite you to pause for a minute. It's hard to process all this. It's tempting to read on quickly/look away. Millions of people suffered under this oppression & the constant fear it induced. These systems continued until the Civil Rights Movement, less than a lifetime ago.

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There was an implicit bribe: Substantiate white supremacy or pick cotton.

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Lincoln offered emancipation to enslaved people, not as the central reason for war, but to gain a tactical advantage over the South. Lincoln offered freedom as an incentive to recruit Black Southerners to the Northern cause.

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The history of systemic racism in America remains largely untold because the Black survivors did not wield the decision-making power in courtrooms, newsrooms, publishers, and universities to tell their side of the story. #BHforWP

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Our race is not something we need to be defending or denouncing. Our race is not our central identity. We can simply (though admittedly, not always easily) do the work of loving others: listening to them, empathizing with them, and considering them more important than ourselves.

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Lynchings were often advertised in advance, commonly scheduled on Sundays so that people could attend straight from church.

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Love practiced in the context of America’s interracial dialogue requires that we tell the truth about America’s past.

However earnestly we may attempt to tune race out, we cannot help but notice that Black Americans and white Americans remain unequal.

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The historical legacies of convict leasing & mass incarceration have worked together to create a widespread stereotype that Black men are more violent, more criminal and more dangerous than white men. This was not always the case.

https://t.co/uhdHgSl3xM

#BHforWP #BlackHistory