Feb 22 2008
” Rights & Privileges ! “
Just the other day,I was talking to my kids
about ” Black History.”While we were discussing
some of the things the people had to endure,my
daughter asked a wonderful question.She asked
why did they do all that marching,the sit-ins;and
yes,even the lynchings. The answer was plain
and oh so simple.I told her they did it for the,
” Rights and Privileges.”
That’s when our attention turned to the United
States Constitution.To my surprise,they couldn’t
remember their teachers discussing it in class.So
I asked them if they could remember the Preamble.
They asked me,what Preamble? I told my son to go
get his social studies book. I asked him to show me
what chapter they were on.Then I went to the back
of the book and looked-up constitution.Once again,
I was surprised.”They had already past the chapter.
” I couldn’t believe that the teacher(and I) had
dropped the ball on this one. I was so glad that I
got a second chance .
Now I realize that I was right on point in my
earlier post on ” Black History.[ We have got to
let our children know what the struggle was and is
all about!] The struggle was and is about alot of
things.However,in my opinion,it’s mainly about
” RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES “
We can’t just leave it up to the schools.
It all starts in the home,it all starts in the home,
It all starts in the home!
- garry b
It really does start at home. I’m 22 and I can tell you most of what I know about black history is from what I learned at home and what I’ve read for myself.. and what I continue to look into now. Maybe even some through conversations with friends.
To be honest, all I remember about black history from school as a child was Martin Luther King coloring assignments, a few essays about his speech and .. hmm that’s almost all of it
Funny enough, my 45 year old in a 9 year old’s body lil brother in law school us (his parents and myself) on a whole lot of black history. It came from book his mother gave him as a gift about our heroes and our struggles. Would you know he walked right up to the principal of his predominantly white school and asked him why they didn’t have a class about Black History? He went on to explain how important it was …
All I could do was look at the back seat with love
Anyway, great post
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