We interviewed Chinwe Onyeagoro who co-authors Black To School, a publication highlighting lesser-known contributions of Africans and the African diaspora.
Thank you so much for this endeavor. We are more than victims of kidnapping and human trafficking. We were people with ideas, dreams, innovations, and on a basic level, humanity. Definitely worth a subscribe to learn more well-rounded history.
What about American Natives (trail of tears, trampled treaties), Chinese railroad laborers (poorly paid, dangerous work, and many deaths), Japanese who were American citizens (who lost their farmlands and were put in concentration camps. Blacks got the right to vote in 1870 but women, half the population, didn't get the right to vote until 1920 (50 years later). Man's inhumanity to humans spreads over gender, ethnicities and cultures. It's not Black lives matter; it's all lives matter. We must always be on guard for the Nixons and Trumps who want to reactivate concentration camps and incarcerate people who object to their policies. We are now seeing what damage corrupt, authoritarian leadership can do with the current world situation with Putin. Let's always keep the big picture in mind when solving lesser problems.
You lost me at Nixon’s and Trump’s concentration camps. If you left out Nixon or tied him to something historical like perhaps war or if when you mentioned Trump you talked detention centers and included Biden and all the other presidents who did the same you may not have lost me. But we are seeing what authoritarian leadership can do with Emergency Powers and we need not leave the continent to see it!
Both Trump and Nixon wanted to reactivate WWII internment camps that used to contained War prisoners and undesirables that spoke or looked like they might be sympathetic toward our enemies. There was also several camps for Aleutian Islanders since we took those islands over deeming them to be geographically important for the war effort. After the war the Aleuts were not allowed to return to their islands for a number of years. Many Aleuts died in the camps and were buried in unmarked graves. An effort was made in 1971 to locate these camps and grave yards for historic reasons. Both Nixon and Trump wanted to put anti-administration demonstrators into some of these abandoned camps.
Trump wanted to house unaccompanied minors at a modern army post that now houses troops but I guess you could say Trump housed American soldiers in a former WW II interment camp used by Franklin D. Roosevelt for over 300 Japanese Americans. Some people like facts while others prefer spin. Aleutian Islanders camp also used under Roosevelt.
Nope that was a report from USA Today. I just tried to research what on earth you could possibly be talking about. That’s the best I could do to make it rational. I apologize but I couldn’t find anything like that stuff.
Well Cheerio Brent! In your self-proclaimed freedom of movement you increase not only your own chance of getting COVID but of spreading it. Spreading it increases the chance of a more dangerous mutation as well. There are already hundreds of unique mutations, some more virulent than the original. Beware.
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Great Article always happy to hear positive stories from different perspectives. This White man appreciates what you wrote and how well you articulated it. You will notice by the attacking comments that some on the left are scared to death on dialog that unites and doesn’t divide. Plus your aim helps young people see themselves outside the left’s stereotypes and no doubt will inspire them to Greatness. Please don’t lose hope and keep up the good fight! Yes some history shows warts but that is Never the whole story.
Thank you so much for this endeavor. We are more than victims of kidnapping and human trafficking. We were people with ideas, dreams, innovations, and on a basic level, humanity. Definitely worth a subscribe to learn more well-rounded history.
What about American Natives (trail of tears, trampled treaties), Chinese railroad laborers (poorly paid, dangerous work, and many deaths), Japanese who were American citizens (who lost their farmlands and were put in concentration camps. Blacks got the right to vote in 1870 but women, half the population, didn't get the right to vote until 1920 (50 years later). Man's inhumanity to humans spreads over gender, ethnicities and cultures. It's not Black lives matter; it's all lives matter. We must always be on guard for the Nixons and Trumps who want to reactivate concentration camps and incarcerate people who object to their policies. We are now seeing what damage corrupt, authoritarian leadership can do with the current world situation with Putin. Let's always keep the big picture in mind when solving lesser problems.
You lost me at Nixon’s and Trump’s concentration camps. If you left out Nixon or tied him to something historical like perhaps war or if when you mentioned Trump you talked detention centers and included Biden and all the other presidents who did the same you may not have lost me. But we are seeing what authoritarian leadership can do with Emergency Powers and we need not leave the continent to see it!
Both Trump and Nixon wanted to reactivate WWII internment camps that used to contained War prisoners and undesirables that spoke or looked like they might be sympathetic toward our enemies. There was also several camps for Aleutian Islanders since we took those islands over deeming them to be geographically important for the war effort. After the war the Aleuts were not allowed to return to their islands for a number of years. Many Aleuts died in the camps and were buried in unmarked graves. An effort was made in 1971 to locate these camps and grave yards for historic reasons. Both Nixon and Trump wanted to put anti-administration demonstrators into some of these abandoned camps.
Trump wanted to house unaccompanied minors at a modern army post that now houses troops but I guess you could say Trump housed American soldiers in a former WW II interment camp used by Franklin D. Roosevelt for over 300 Japanese Americans. Some people like facts while others prefer spin. Aleutian Islanders camp also used under Roosevelt.
I never said anything about the unaccompanied minors.
Nope that was a report from USA Today. I just tried to research what on earth you could possibly be talking about. That’s the best I could do to make it rational. I apologize but I couldn’t find anything like that stuff.
There must be Trumps collected words somewhere.
Well Cheerio Brent! In your self-proclaimed freedom of movement you increase not only your own chance of getting COVID but of spreading it. Spreading it increases the chance of a more dangerous mutation as well. There are already hundreds of unique mutations, some more virulent than the original. Beware.
All I'm saying is history should expose all our warts, many of which are largely ignored in favor of the wart of the day.
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That’s awesome🦋
Great Article always happy to hear positive stories from different perspectives. This White man appreciates what you wrote and how well you articulated it. You will notice by the attacking comments that some on the left are scared to death on dialog that unites and doesn’t divide. Plus your aim helps young people see themselves outside the left’s stereotypes and no doubt will inspire them to Greatness. Please don’t lose hope and keep up the good fight! Yes some history shows warts but that is Never the whole story.