This is one of my favourite Tupac speeches… Sadly, all he says still holds true…
And if not for Tupac’s words, lyrics and interviews, I would have been dead or in jail before I was 14, and that is REAL… He became a sort of mentor for me via his words in whatever form they came.
All children, more and more, as we are losing more and more, or traumatizing more and more children. Kids today need families; communities; we need unity and we need to think about what Tupac says… Instead of ending the video and moving on to something else, despite hearing some of the hellish obstacles ahead, too many people turn it off and push it to the back of their minds….
Black Power: Great Black Leaders & Liberators (1) Virtual Children Workshops
Starting Sunday 9 January 2022
Today!!!
What a wonderful man Malcolm X is; and in this time when kids are being so brain washed truth and knowledge are even more powerful.
I hope this will be packed; and I hope the content good, it should be as it is with no other than x
As noted on the above link:
Make History come to life with these Sankofa Sunday ‘Black Power: Great Black Leaders & Liberators’ children workshops led by Charmaine Simpson of Black History Studies.
With its emphasis on Black racial identity, pride and self-determination, Black Power influenced everything from popular culture to education to politics. These workshops will inspire young people to learn about great leaders and liberators who contributed to world history.
Each workshop will last 1.5 hours from 12:00 to 13:30 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time)
The workshops are aimed at young people aged 8 – 16 years old.
These workshops will be online using Zoom webinar. Please ensure that your device can support Zoom.
We like to keep the workshops interactive so ask if you can put your camera on.
The Zoom link will be provided upon registration.
Tickets for each workshop cost £5.00.
The zoom link will be sent to you for each session.
One of the things you are able to do is write book reviews (it is a lot more interesting of a site than it sounds; check it out you won’t be sorry 😀 ) and not long ago, I wrote my most recent review regarding a book called Slave Labor in the Capitol. Thankfully this POS was on Kindle Unlimited because I was expecting knowledge, raw knowledge like I have come accustom to in other pieces of literature on this topic (in fact, I will suggest two of my favorites after the review; please feel free to leave related book suggestions in the comments!)
The reason I have decided to make my “come back” with a book review is because of all the books I’ve reviewed, I’ve never had one be made ‘private’- I didn’t even know this to be possible. But, this review was private “somehow” and so to ensure it doesn’t get, “lost”, so to speak, I thought I’d repost it here.
Please be warned I may call this a book review, but upon adding it to this page and looking over it, I realize it is more of a book rant; still, I figure people will get the idea of what this book really is.
Slave Labor in the Capital: Building Washington’s Iconic Federal Landmarks (Kindle Edition)
I began reading this book with hope of enlightenment on the truth of what happened during this horrific time. The author seemed to be fair enough by opening his book with quotes from eye witnesses, but the deeper in you venture it becomes clear as crystal what his true goal was.
I have suggested two highly respectable books on the history of Black men who were both forced and the few hired on Twitter (account @lady_makaveli71) but this book I wouldn’t recommend to anyone who can’t tell truth from fiction.
Much to my disappointment, however, I quickly saw this book was written to tell a sugar coated version of what slaves and hired Black men had to endure, he goes out of his way to go defy what every other source I’ve read or seen states by trying to convince the reader Blacks may have been treated differently than whites….but not THAT bad. It’s written so white people can look back and say ‘it was bad but we were not THAT bad!’
It’s almost a spit in the face, with the above being noted, because the truth is of course right in front of the authors face. Instead of telling it as it is, 100%, he drizzles or saturates key things with sugar to an extent that makes them vanish, as if they were never there in the first place… Probably because he never did write the full truths. He was too busy comparing how decent living conditions were……..
This book left me sick at my stomach. Only white people who can’t bare reality and true history would read and applaud this book.
Another opportunity to be careful of the sources u read from. The former book I quoted from was written to make whites not “feel so guilty” – the two books below are excellent books&resources to start if interested in #BlackHistorypic.twitter.com/6kArjqSLe8
“Teach them about their marvelous history and watch what happens… Teach them and tell them, I tell them, your people have done wonderful things and that you too can do wonderful things. The moment they realize that their people have done something is the moment they realize that they can do something.”
This is a powerful, strong talk on the a tragic truth that can change the future. . . That can change and help the mental health of the children… Everyone needs to see this video. It’s amazing how obvious so much of what he says is yet, the lack of how often this happens is heart breaking.
Be part of the change. This is not “by chance” that these children can barely read, let alone want to learn… We need Black pride; we need a revolution even in the educational system…
We can all change the world, if we all try. The level of deprivation of knowledge, the lack of funding given to predominately Black communities school. This isn’t equality. It’s time to change; it’s time to make Black children proud of where they come from, just as they should be, and children of all color should be learning this as well because learning lies is brainwashing and heartbreaking.
As I prepare for my first release of heartbreaking information, hidden information it would seem, regarding health care and the Black community; children, to make it even worse, I figured I need to maintain a balance on my page for within the community, be it historical or present day, there is something amazing and empowering about what can be done when the community unites…
I feel it is just as important to highlight the tragedies going on, as well as acknowledge the buried history of Black men and women in America (as well as outside of America, but I’m trying to stay on topic.) I’ll be posting random positive posts such as this on and off as we go through the mental health crisis and more, for it is important never to forget…In fact, to KNOW or REMEMBER… They didn’t teach this in school for a reason, and as KRS-One asked, “WHY IS THAT?”
Click Here to go the PBS website and view the documentary for free. For some reason, it isn’t letting me embed it on my page 😐
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