I just can’t forget what a revelation it was in 5th grade when the Scholastic Weekly Reader did a special issue on Black studies. It opened my eyes to vast areas of heretofore hidden knowledge. “There were great kingdoms and civilizations in Black Africa? There were Black cowboys in the Wild West? Why have these never been mentioned before?”
Gift article by Karen Attiah:
There’s that saying that goes, “White privilege is when your history is the core curriculum, and mine is an elective.” Well, to Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Black history isn’t even worthy of that bare minimum.
I won’t be satisfied until Black studies is securely established among the core curriculum.
Attiah again:
I will never forget how humiliating it was to ask my teacher why we weren’t learning about Africa and Black people when so many other groups’ histories were considered essential.