What Is Black History?

Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Mellyssa A. Diggs 0 Comments

Is it a rhetorical question?
Observations of Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela.
A celebration of human life
Accomplishments and awareness.
Shades of black and white.
A distinction between different traditions.
Degrees of situations.
Black life and black culture.
Protest seemingly arise.
Deep within the heart of humanity.
History dedicated to one month?
The insanity.
Color discrimination.
A place in black history.
What about the innovators and dictators?
Those who made a difference.
The meaning of Martin Luther King Jr. And his speeches.
It seems to be there.
Something our culture understands.
While the others seem to underestimate and undermined.
Where is the history?
Depicting.
Weighing
Measuring.
Judging.
The depths of the human soul.
It is an un-fathomable calculation.
Where we start with interaction.
Others still do not know.
Nor will the next generation.
What is black history?
How is it measured?
Topsy-turvy.
Upside down.
Something refused to be taught to others.
When will they learn?
When will it be a concern?
Learning about things we already know.
Take your words about history and trunk them around.
Learn about our culture.
And not about the interpretations of slavery we already know.
History should not just end at the "white man's" door.
Celebrate color.
The multiplicity.
The complexity.
And diversity.
Not just celebrate in one month.
There should not be a lack of it.
What is history?
The color of our culture.
The discriminated upon.
The color tradition.
Somehow shunned upon.
The color of race and people.
Stating those obscurities.
So what is black history?
Something we all need to learn about.

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