CNN Headline News profiles professor of art Ken Gonzales-Day about his exhibition examining lynchings during California’s early history.
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History
Nican Tlaca University of Cemanahuac (NTUC)- NicanTlaca.com
“Our Nican Tlaca Indigenous Civilizations began over 6,000 years ago. Europeans destroyed our Nican Tlaca civilizations starting in 1492 with Columbus. We are currently in the process of reconstructing ourselves as independent Nican Tlaca people with our own Nican Tlaca Civilization — forever free of European colonialism.”
Community Village‘s insight:
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The Speech That Shocked Birmingham the Day After the Church Bombing
Appalled by the murder of four little girls, a white Alabaman spoke out against racism—and was forever shunned for it.
See on www.theatlantic.com
Tainos
“The Taínos (tah-EE-noes), commonly called the Arawak Indians, were the main people who lived in the Caribbean when Columbus arrived in 1492. They are the ones he called “Indians”, thinking he was in Asia.”
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“Spanish genocide and disease wiped out 85% of the Tainos. It shocked Europe, even back then. And yet, despite all that – or, rather, because of all that – the Spanish debated whether the Tainos had souls in the Valladolid Debate (1550-1551).”
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Dutch apologise for Indonesian executions
Formal apology for colonial era mass killings comes ahead of state visit by the Dutch prime minister to Jakarta.
Community Village‘s insight:
People from the Netherlands (Dutch) claim to be among the happiest people in the world (page 23). This is how happy people behave? Invade another country and massacre people?
Or, the Dutch were not happy in 1949? (highest period of European racism)?
See on www.aljazeera.com
“You know, I really don’t know my history”: Historical Memory, Slavery, and Plantation Day
“Take a quick look at the Texas Historical Commission’s plaque about the plantation again. There is no mention of enslaved African Americans. Credit for the plantation’s success is given to machines, horses, and Jackson himself. Likewise, none of the other signs recognized the constant, coerced labor African Americans faced. Additionally, we know black women were very likely to face all kinds of sexual abuse.
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Enslaved African-Americans in Brazoria County produced 3/4s of the entire state’s output.
In no way did anyone running Plantation Day try to recreate the cruel dynamics that existed under slave societies.
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In no way did anyone running Plantation Day try to recreate the cruel dynamics that existed under slave societies.”
Community Village‘s insight:
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Ten Things to Know about the (1st) March on Washington
9. Following the march, male leaders met with President Kennedy, but no women were invited. The group met to discuss the civil rights bill. It was the first time African-American leaders had been invited to the White House since 1901, when President Roosevelt dined with Booker T. Washington.
Community Village‘s insight:
I also didn’t know number 8. The most stirring parts of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the march, were improvised. King was inspired by gospel legend Mahalia Jackson who shouted out from the crowd, “Tell ‘em about the dream, Martin!”
See on www.tolerance.org