How to be an Antiracist
Midterm primer
The United States’ history of mistreatment towards its Black population is a long and grueling one. After enslaving Africans and bringing them to America against their will, the United States Government seemingly took every opportunity along the road to theoretical racial justice (I say theoretical because we STILL have work to do) to slight, ignore and continue to mistreat Black Americans. What’s more, the Government also took every opportunity, most of which were manifested by Black Americans, to pretend as if it was some beacon of hope and racial justice. In tandem with this, the United States school system doesn’t tend to educate on this less favorable aspect of our history. This also means that Black artists, thinkers etc. don’t get the academic and cultural respect they deserve while the US tries to ignore its’ past of mistreatment. So how do we correct this, well the key is to be Antiracist, and that starts with making up for that lack of education I was talking about earlier. Hopefully today we can address some of that, though I highly suggest you do your own research as I could never cover everything in one piece. With that said, let’s start right after slavery ended.