Do
we know who we are? Do we really know
our story? Many of us are narrow-minded
or ignorant to whom we are as a race.
Many of us are narrow-minded or ignorant to the truth of whom and how
many has fought by our side. Many of us
just don’t care and would rather live in a small narrow-minded or ignorant
world.
Here’s
some truth for you to digest: Not all
Caucasian (white) folks are racists or our enemy! Before White men landed
on the African shores, many of our ancestors were already slaves. If tribe A battled tribe B, the losing tribe
was enslaved by the victor. Half the
slaves coming over where traded from African master to American master, slavery
is still slavery, no matter the color of the master. During the battle for freedom and justice,
let’s not forget people like John Brown, a White abolitionist, who died trying
to stop slavery. Remember that Sojourner
couldn’t have operated the Underground Railroad with success if not for the
White folks who helped her, because Black folks did not own homes back
then. You have to know the truth before
you can live; you have to know the truth so that the shackles of confusion and
hatred can be released.
What
is the meaning of Black History? Is it of African savages naked and wild and
Tarzan saving the natural inhabitants from themselves; or is it of the days of
the Southern rule on slavery, when mothers killed their child(ren) to save it;
or when the saying was “the best niggrah was a dead niggrah”? Or is our history of strong hopes, ambitions
and dreams; of bloodshed, tears and rapes; of deaths of young Black men,
dangling like rag dolls from tree limbs, castrated from the fears of ignorant
men? To whom do we owe our circumcised freedom?
We owe it to those who fought for this, both Black and White. We owe it to those who weren’t able to sit
anywhere, eat anywhere or own anything. For whom shall we struggle, for whom
shall we enrich our minds, strength and soul in our history? Our virgin history that was plundered, stolen
and borrowed until it is ours no longer.
We shall struggle for ourselves, for our children and theirs, to search
and find our super heroes, Black people who lived strong in their beliefs and
died fearless for their belief; so too shall we grow strong in our race and
ourselves. In learning our story, we
shall be afraid no longer. No longer
shall we belittle each other, for if we cannot progress as a race, we shall cease
to exist, until we are no more.
The
truth is that we need to know who we are in our Creator’s eyes first and then
deal with our issues as a race. If we
know who we are in GOD’s eyesight, then His spiritual truth will set us free to
learn and accept the truth of our racial story.
Not all Caucasians are against us and not everyone of our race is
working on our behalf. Know the truth to
free yourselves from the spiritual, mental and racial prisons. Because if all men are created equal, why are
we trying so hard to keep up?
Sandra
M. Corder
8/1/05
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