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| Jan. 15, 2014 |
I have heard it many times, and said myself a few times, "Segregation was the best thing for Black people in AMERICA; they had their own businesses, banks; hospitals, family unity; police stations, leaders; a true spiritual foundation; and etc." but that is wrong. What is wrong with the assertion is the narrow view of segregation. Colored businesses were not the great aspect of the era more accurately called the period of neo-slavery. It was a reign of terror where Black men did not have the right to equal protection under the law to protect their families, for example.
Often Black folks sing that slave song about how good it was to be in segregated society the way runaway slaves longed to return to their masters. It seems to come from several worldviews none of which are willing or able to endure the trails of building freedom into their patterns, their thinking and their lives. I've said it before and again I bring up the spirit of Black Americans leaning deep into being Black White Person. How white Black Americans are is a subject of debate until one steps out of the country for a long enough period to see what has become of the soul of Black folks, and how repulsed Black Americans are of Africa and Africans.
There is a lot of myth in belief. - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories 1.15.14
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