[AKAtude]

Originally posted by straightBOS
What's so bad about the endurance of traditions started in slavery?

The "jumping the broom" thing (something I have never heard of before) is as much a part of your African American History as your present. It should not be shunned or discontinued simply because of its origins.

The tone of the essay seems to suggests that anything to do with "Marse" should be x-ed out as if it was never there. That, then, would mean x-ing out parts of your history, customs, etc.

Maybe its just something I cannot understand. Calypso, reggae, and Carnival and Crop Over celebrations in the Caribbean started during slavery. We still continue them today because they have become an intricate part of who we are. The was we cook, talk, what we value-- is a direct result of the slave trade. It is in fact, us.

These various African- American ceremonies that have been created during or as a result of slavery, are you. They make up who you are. They should not be shunned because of their oriigns because they are a part of your history and, as it, seems a part of your present.

or, maybe I just don't get it....

Well, I just put this out there to see what other people had to say, and once again I find myself agreeing with you, StraightBOS.