I agree with these statements except for the word "lost." We did not LOSE anything, it was brutally SNATCHED from us. Our last names, religions, original languages of our ancestors... all of that was FORCED out of our memories and cultures by white culture punishing us if we spoke to each other in our native tongue, from changing our names and punishing us if we used our native names, by raping our women and "prizing" individuals with the least amount of black blood, etc, etc....
But again, yes, our native selves was stolen from us, but no one is going to GIVE it back... we must reclaim it!
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