American history is repeat with half-truths.
As a society, we have been willfully duped into believing, memorizing, and reciting only half of the American story and, because of this, there are generations of children who have no idea about their true heritage. Whether they are black, white, yellow or red, the stories of our country's history makers have been skewed in our school systems in an effort to pacify those who consider themselves to be far left and far right. History should not be divided by racial lines and no one should be willfully omitted from its pages; it should be studied as it happened so that we can make intelligent decisions that will keep us from erring into the ways of the past.
What sparked today's train of thought?
A local radio host had a very interesting topic on the air today. His son was asked to give a speech on someone from history whom he admired. His son chose to go to school dressed as Muhammed Ali. Enthusiastically, he gathered his shorts, his robe, his belt and gloves, and a can of black shoe polish.
"What is the polish for, son?" his father asked.
"To paint my face, so I will more look like Ali," he said. At this point, the white radio announcer had to pause and explain race relations in America and tell his son why this was not accepted. My question is this:
"Why have we removed the injustices of our society from our history books rather than teach them alongside our successes?" If we were taught our true history, we might actually improve race relations instead of making less of situations that our country would rather forget.
