Slavery is Not a Word for Children

For Black History Month, I just wanted to drop a note on just a brief observation on the white labelling and framing of black American history. Sometimes after years of study it often seems to me at time that white people are supposed to look and choose, if forced to, on “heroes” of black history like Martin Luther King, Jr., or Fredrick Douglass. Maybe they are presented with a “new” overlooked black American who struggle to overcome (white oppression). So, I think instead, to see what is inside the parathesis better (white oppression) I’m choosing nameless black children to try to see this framework I feel this month is trapped in. These are the many forgotten and not discussed children, picking cotton from 1820-ish to 1960-ish. <a href="https://brenkelly1970.medium.com/slavery-is-not-a-word-for-children-ef8160361d68">Website</a>