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This is my first, and probably not my last, blog. I was inspired by my attempt to change the narrative of Black History Month as it relates to limiting our account of "his-story" (that of the enslaver, conqueror, and colonizer) to the accomplishments and achievements of people of African descent in America and not tell "his-story" from the perspective of the enslaved, conquered and colonized. This blog is dedicated to telling our collective history from our perspective.
Mark Charles & Soong Chan Rah, Unsettling Truths: The Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery You cannot discover lands already inhabited. Injustice has plagued American society for centuries. And we cannot move toward being a more just nation…
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Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky show that, contrary to the usual image of the news media as cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitous in their search for truth and defense of justice, in their actual practice they defend the economic, social,…
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Hegemony or Survival: America’s Quest for Global Dominance is a study of the American empire written by the American linguist and political activist Noam Chomsky, a professor at the MIT. Chomsky’s main argument in Hegemony or Survival is that the…
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Change the Culture – Change the World We began Week 2 by defining what culture is because Week 1 concluded with the term. It provides comfort, support and justification of one’s behaviors, beliefs, prejudices and bias without knowledge, facts or…
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Social Constructs This week we will challenge everything you think you know about American/Western Culture and social constructs like; America, religion, race, slavery, education, art, social programs and money. Most of these social constructs are corruptions of ideas from other…
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