Growing up as a child immigrant in the USA, 4th of July was my most favorite holiday. Until I became an adult and started to encounter too many conversations where I realized I wasn’t accepted as a “real American”. Didn’t matter that I was a citizen of this country, didn’t matter how proud I felt to be an American, didn’t matter how much I improved my accent or that my entire adulthood/education/career was all experienced here. After 32 years of being in this country, paying taxes and even volunteering in many different communities, settings and at different capacities, my “Americanness” still gets challenged when I make any comment about anything related to life in the USA. I am corrected or dismissed and sometimes encounter blunt discrimination. But it’s videos like this, that reminds me that there are other fellow Americans who do understand what “an American” is and that we are willing to do the work it takes to make everyone feel included. As Amanda Gorman, the American poet in her poem of “The Hill We Climb” said: “…a nation that isn’t broken, but simply unfinished…we are far from polished, far from pristine… We are striving to forge our union with purpose. To compose a country committed to all cultures, colors, characters and conditions of man… For there is always always light, if we’re only brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it.” Here’s to celebrating #diversity and honoring #inclusion! 🎉🇺🇸
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For over a hundred-and fifty-years. America has been boasting racial equality and advertising to the world that America is an equitable nation. This is not true. Racial equality can't be established until the race of people that are treated inequitably is properly identified so we know which people to treat with the healing balm of equality. THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TREATED INEQUITABLY IN AMERICA ARE AMERICAN SLAVES, NOT AFRICAN AMERICANS. If leaders are fearful of calling us American slaves, feel free to call us descendants of American slaves. It means the same thing. Both names are keys to unchaining ignorance and opening the floodgate of intelligence so knowledge can flow to the American slave culture. In an intelligent society built on economics, knowledge is the key to obtaining lifeblood. To Learn More Read: American Slave History 101 American Slave Nation 1619 www.Slave-USA.com
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🌟 Honoring Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom and Unity 🌟 It’s Juneteenth! Let's take a moment to reflect on its profound significance. This important date marks the day in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans were freed, two years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth is a celebration of freedom, resilience, and hope. For parents and teachers, this is a powerful opportunity to educate our children about this pivotal moment in history. Understanding Juneteenth helps to foster a deeper appreciation for the struggles and triumphs that have shaped our nation. 💭 Here are some questions to spark meaningful conversations: • What do you think people did after finding out they were free? • Why do people hold celebrations? • What moments do you think are worth celebrating? • Why is celebrating Juneteenth more important now than ever? Today, African Americans commemorate Juneteenth with picnics, parades, music, crafts, speeches, and dances. These celebrations are not just about remembering the past but also about looking forward with hope and unity. Let's come together to educate and inspire the next generation, ensuring they understand the importance of freedom and the enduring spirit of those who fought for it. Celebrating Juneteenth is more crucial now than ever, as it reminds us of the ongoing journey towards equality and justice for all. https://lnkd.in/gakspXwP #Juneteenth #FreedomDay #CelebrateHistory #UnityInDiversity #EducationMatters #TeachTheYouth
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Happy Pride, y'all. Pride is officially the month of June, but in truth it's all year long. We may celebrate it in different ways, but it's all tied to the freedom to live our lives openly and honestly. So be who you are for your priiiiiiiide! And if you don't know, here's the video: https://lnkd.in/e2mnsJZM
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HalleluYah for The Truth, men lie, women lie, DNA doesn't lie, educate yourself. This video exchange was educational and fruitful. It's always enlightening to learn about Culture, specifically God's Culture at this point in History. We can do better as a Society with Truth and should, HalleluYah.
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Birth, trials and tribulations of a people: American Slaves are a unique group of American citizens who were born and bred in America by whites to be chattel (slaves for white Americans). Upon arrival on this continent, slaves were not allowed to assume their rightful rank among humankind. They were instead identified as slaves, officially classified as animals and trained for servitude by slave masters. American Slaves' sole purpose for being propagated in America was for the profitability of whites who claimed legal ownership of their person. American Slaves have since evolved into an easily recognizable group of American citizens and are the newest ethnic entity to be added to the human race. Descendants of American slaves are currently in the process of evolving from the cradle of human bondage (slavery). www.Slaves-USA.com
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Why don't Brazil have the same level of racial problems as the USA? In Brazil, the abolition of slavery occurred much later than in the United States. In Brazil, people of all races and nationalities form one nation. In the USA, the merging of whites and African Americans into one people did not happen because after the abolition of slavery, segregation came into force, which did not allow natural integration to even try to take place. The same multiculturalism and political correctness that exist is a problem for white Americans and an insult to black Americans - an example is cinema. Isn’t it funny for white people and isn’t it a mockery of African Americans to see films in which Africans are dressed in Viking costumes or are an organic part of the French medieval army or dressed in musketeer costumes? It's more like bullying. Whites note the absurdity of such films, but Africans don’t think they don’t understand the stupidity of such “masterpieces.” Imagine a film about Zulus or Papuans with the faces of Ukrainians, Italians, Jews, Georgians or Armenians. It's stupid isn't it?
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