Is the author black or white? Maybe I'm missing something but I thought this was tongue in cheek satire discussing how African American History month has been trivialized...
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From slave to scholar. African-American History Month
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For if Toni Morrison and Colin Powell, who apparently started off as slaves, can now be considered scholars and worthy of our attention, then all is right in the world.
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How many times in school did you yawn through the same reports on MLK jr., Underground Railroad and other same "safe" topics? Or argue with a teacher because you dared to vary from offered topics to do research and present information that was new to the teacher (and not in their handy guide for the month)? I think people are missing the authors point. Or maybe I'm giving him too much credit?
