By Gloria Dulan-Wilson
Brothers and Sisters:
I originally posted this article in November. ATAC has been working to get similar legislation for mandatory teaching of Black History in Pennsylvania Schools. It seems idiotic to me to mandate the teaching of history that occurred outside our country while not upholding the same for history that is part and parcel of the making of the United States. I have been informed that the legislation passed the state, with all of the Black legislators voting in favor, without taking any stand whatsoever for Black History or the expanded education of the students. Who is this history supposed to benefit - when you consider that Philadelphia is 68% Black, it appears that there is a major imbalance here.
It's definitely up to the citizens of Pennsylvania in general, and Philadelphia in particular, to put the State Legislators on notice that this is stupid and unacceptable.
Below is a repost of the original article:
Hello
All:
When I received this email from a trusted source on November
25, it took me a couple of days to absorb it. I couldn't quite wrap
my mind around why such an edict should be going through the
Pennsylvania State legislation since, as has been noted, they have
yet to enforce a previous mandate that has been on the books for
quite some time now to teach African/American History in the schools.
...Carter G. Woodson has produced a definitive and constructive critique of the educational system, with special reference to its blighting effects on the Negro; and the term he used, Mis-education, was the most apt and descriptive word available. It is still, in 2013, equally as relevant and expressive."
In addition to Carter G. Woodson, and W.E.B.duBois, Dr. Charles Blockson, Molefi Kete Asante, Michael Coard are contemporary scholars who reside in Philadelphia, and can also shed some light on what the impact is at this very point in time - 80 years after Woodson first published the book -that are still hampering Black Philadelphians, as well as Black People.
It is patently clear that the Pennsylvania State Legislature, thus far, has no interest or investment in the education or well being of Black students in Philadelphia, or surrounding areas, or they would not have closed down 29 schools, under the guise of budgetary considerations, while at the same time proposing over $15,000,000 in allocations for a Holocaust museum; and simultaneously putting the shuttered schools up for sale - an obvious land grab and a way of throwing funds to contractors and developers to curry their favor and funding for future election runs. Many of these schools are hundreds of years old, should have been landmarked, and should have been assisted with their problems instead of being destabilized and destroyed.
It is up to each and every resident of Philadelphia, people in the surrounding states, Black people nationwide, to put a stop to this obvious attempt to further eviserate, denigrage, and humiliate Black people whether in Philly, New York, DC, Virginia, North/South Carolina, California - If you don't - you and your children are DOOMED to never ever have a place of significance, success, relevance or blessing now or in the future.
If we can elect a BLACK PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - TWICE; we can determine and demand the educational destiny of our Black Children, whether in elementary, secondary or college education programs be positive, empowering, relevant, and as much about them as the STEM programs that are being fashioned as the required curriculum. Without an education that is culturally, intellectually, and educationally relevant, we will continue to be our own self marginalizers. We do not need to continue to be the ones who help the transducers (Woodson's favorite word) hold us down. We have to exercise our collective consciousnesses, and take action to make sure that we are not subjugated to others' need to control our minds.
Stay Blessed&
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
NOTE: Rather than rewrite the email, I'm presenting it in it's entirety, along with some comments from others who are equally outraged at the affront on the part of the Corbett Administration to try and impose this heinous law on the Philadelphia school system, at this or any other time, while completely ignoring the plight their own residents and their descendants have suffered for over 400 years; many of whom are still grappling with post traumatic slave syndrome and other side effects of oppression:
WHAT ABOUT THE AFRICAN HOLOCAUST?
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State Sen. Tony Williams, who wants
to be mayor, is a sponsor of one of these bills and other negro
politicians have co-sponsored various versions. Mis-Education criticizes the system, and explains
the vicious circle that results from mis-educated
individuals graduating, then proceeding
to teach and mis-educate others
SMDH "I told my boss he'd better NOT co-sponsor any of those bills
without amending them to include the African Holocaust which lasted 400
years, dispersed enslaved Africans around the world, raped, lynched and
tortured them, took the lives of millions of our ancestors including
those lost in the Middle Passage, took our languages, religion/culture
and broke up families. "
The community needs to make it clear
to the negroes that co-sponsored these bills that it's not acceptable
unless the African Holocaust is specifically named and included.
Vanessa Brown, the chair of the Black Caucus (what a joke) is on one of
them and Cherelle Parker sponsored a resolution commending Jews for
teaching at HBCUs SMDH. {Mis-Education criticizes the system, and explains
the vicious circle that results from mis-educated
individuals graduating, then proceeding
to teach and mis-educate others}
Where is the voice of the caucus
speaking up for our African ancestors? Negroes still kowtowing to the
Jews while ignoring their own history. There were Jews that owned
slaves, and participated in and made big money off of the African
Holocaust. The ship that b rought the Liberty Bell over was a slave ship
owned by Jews from the Univ. of PA ("The LIberty Bell Era" by Charles
L. Blockson) The powers that be associate the word "holocaust" with Jews
and Germany only. SMDH That must change.
This needs to be discussed publicly with a public response from Black historians and others. People at WURD Radio love some of these politicians so don't depend on them to bring it up.
The people must speak out!
If no-one says anything and one of those bills passes as is, then
that's what we get. I don't want to hear anyone fussing about it after
the deal is done like Black folks usually do.
Now is the time to let your views be known.
However, we do know that in 2013, Black folk are still scared of Jewish
backlash, while no-one is scared of the Black backlash.
Below is a sample of some of the bills and the link to read the original documents.
What say YOU?
African Proverb: When you are playing with a dog, do not ever forget to keep a stick within reach.
COMMENTARIES THUS FAR:
COMMENTARY ONE:
1. Are we clear that the definitions they are using in
the proposed legislation for Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights
Violations do not include the enslavement of Black people in the
"Americas"?
2. Anybody interested in starting a "Move ON" Petition against legislation?
3.Has this been sent to the MKA Institute?
4. Has Avenging the Ancestors (Michael Coard) organized around this at all?
5. Has NAACP (Philly or PA chapters) organized around this at all?
6. Where does the Parent school groups stand on this?
This sounds really crazy just from the standpoint of enshrining such a requirement in law. Is the precedence for this?
COMMENTARY TWO:
I'm going to write letters of protest and concern to them and let them know how I feel. We always complain to each other instead of the people perpetrating this nonsense.
State Rep. Vanessa Brown -- chair of PA Black Caucusvbrown@pahouse.net
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| 1435 N. 52nd St. Philadelphia, PA 19131 Phone: (215) 879-6615 Fax: (215) 879-6616 Senator Anthony Williamswilliams@pasenate.com 2901 Island Avenue Suite 100 Philadelphia, PA 19153 (215) 492-2980 FAX: (215) 492-2990 |
I say, "NOT BEFORE THE AFRICAN HOLOCAUST AKA THE AFRICAN ENSLAVEMENT AND
MAAFA YOU DON'T!!! Not to leave out the salt in the festering wound of
the absence of truth in whatever little to nothing that is taught about
THE FIRST NATIONS of this land HOLOCAUST. The
Jewish/Romany(Gypsy)/bi-racial (African-Germans) that took place in
EUROPE can and should be taught in world history here in the U.S., along
with all the other genocidal nightmares perpetrated by humankind that
have taken place. That's not anti-Semitic by the way; that's just
reality and logic. And by the way, anti-Semitism is inclusive of the
Arabs who are also equally categorized as Semites. NO NO NO NO NO!!!!! Indigenous and Africans FIRST. And if this wrong succeeds in Philadelphia, it will replicate all across the U.S.
COMMENTARY FOUR: I suggest you forward this link to the legislators in Harrisburg, as well as any and all others who are not familiar with, or have forgotten the very impactful and salient teachings of Carter G. Woodson:
ADDITIONAL COMMENTARIES:
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The (BLACK) community needs to make it clear to the
negroes that co-sponsored these bills that it's not acceptable unless
the African Holocaust is specifically named and included. MK Jewett
"HISTORY MUST RESTORE WHAT SLAVERY TOOK AWAY."
_ Arthur Alfonso Schomburg - Founder of the Schomburg Library
If we stand tall it is because we stand on the backs of those who came before us. Yorùbá proverb
"You
are a unique expression of a divine will. You do not need permission
for what you think. You do not need permission for what you feel. And
you certainly do not need permission to be who you are, nor to do what
you feel you were sent here to do. The only person who needs to approve
it is you_it has already been approved by higher forces. James Weeks/Across The King's River
"I am learning all the time. The tombstone will be my diploma." Eartha Kitt, Ibaye
“When
consciousness is transformed things begin to happen, man begins to
operate differently, see differently, feel differently. Seeing
differently makes a big difference to what you become.” Ivan Van Sertima, ibaye
"...Wisdom
comes from fundamental awareness. Those capable of it hear only a word
and comprehend complexity. Those still unable to achieve it hear years
of instruction and still remain at base level....
_Babalawo Fadare AmenSia
"All that you touch you change."Octavia E. Butler
NOW THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WHAT'S THE PLAN?
Stay Blessed &
ECLECTICALLY BLACK
Gloria Dulan-Wilson
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