Let's dive into a topic that doesn't get enough attention—the loss of skilled workers during slavery and how it shaped America. You know, when we think about slavery, we often focus on the physical labor and the brutal conditions, but there's so much more to it. African slaves brought with them a wealth of skills and expertise. They were masters of their trades, and their knowledge was invaluable. I'm talking about farmers who knew how to work the land like nobody else, blacksmiths who could forge tools and weapons with precision, and craftsmen who could build amazing structures.
But here's the sad part: instead of being able to use their skills to benefit themselves or their communities, these skilled workers were exploited. They were forced to use their talents to benefit their captors, while being denied the opportunity to fully develop and express their abilities. It's heartbreaking to think about the wasted potential and the stifled creativity, let's not forget about the impact on America's development. Without the contributions of these skilled workers, industries wouldn't have thrived as they did. They were the ones building the infrastructure of the nation—constructing buildings, roads, and all sorts of vital structures. They were the backbone of progress.
It's not just about the loss of labor and expertise. The denial of education and the deliberate suppression of African culture and knowledge perpetuated a false narrative of African inferiority which was widely accepted because they burnt down African libraries. It was a messed up strategy to maintain power and control over enslaved individuals by stripping away their sense of self-worth and denying them opportunities to excel
Now this is something that really grinds my gears—the burning of libraries and how it was used to erase our history and keep us in the dark. It's like they wanted to hit the delete button on our knowledge and keep us from reaching our full potential.
Picture this: libraries, those sacred places where knowledge is preserved and passed down through generations. Well, in our history, those libraries were more than just collections of books—they were treasure troves of wisdom, records, and cultural artifacts.
Some mentally okay folks decided it was a great idea to set them on fire. Can you believe that? They deliberately destroyed our libraries, wiping out centuries of knowledge and heritage. It was like a giant "Screw you!" to our history and identity.
With the burning of our libraries, we lost ancient manuscripts, historical records, and so many precious artifacts. It's like losing a part of our soul. Our languages, traditions, and knowledge systems suffered a massive blow. And let me tell you, it's hard to build a strong future when you don't have a solid understanding of your past.
All in a twisted bid to control us. They aimed to keep us in the dark, cut off from our own history. They wanted to restrict our access to knowledge, thinking it would keep us docile and easily controlled by inventing false narratives and this have been used to keep Africans mentally enslaved. It's like a twisted mind game that have played out for centuries, keeping us unaware of who we really are. It's like being trapped in a mental prison, you know? If you don't know your history, you won't know where you come from, and you won't know where you can go. They stripped us of our sense of self, our pride, our confidence and our names
You see, history isn't just a bunch of facts and dates. It's a story—a story that shapes our identity and influences how we see ourselves and others. And man, these people did a number on us, they manipulated that story to their advantage by crafting a narrative that painted Africans as inferior, as if we were somehow less intelligent or capable than others. They spread false information, stereotypes, and misconceptions to keep us down. It's infuriating, really. They wanted us to believe that we were just slaves, that our history was insignificant, and that we had no contributions to make. they couldn't be more wrong. Our history is rich and vibrant. We have ancient civilizations, innovative societies, and cultural achievements that rival any other. We were architects, mathematicians, scientists, and artists. We had empires and kingdoms that flourished long before the arrival of colonizers.
But they didn't want us to know that. They wanted us to internalize their lies, to believe that we were lesser. By keeping us ignorant of our true history, they maintained their power and control over us.
Here I am challenging these narratives.
Oh no! they underestimate us. Despite their attempts to erase our history, we're resilient. We refuse to let them strip away our identity and keep us ignorant. We're digging deep, uncovering hidden stories, and piecing together the puzzle of our past.
we challenge the distorted views that have been passed down ,we honestly have to rectify this historical fuckrey.
In the process of unlearning and relearning. We have to question all we think we know about ourselves in a bid to stand tall We need to bare out a new narrative: the original narrative, one that reflects the strength, resilience, and brilliance of Africans throughout history, in recent and times to come
It's a tough battle, no doubt but, We have to make dedicated effort in revving, preserving and uncovering the truth in other to echo it through eternal pages with !LUV
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I agree with you here and want to also expand that: the people who were at the top of the various pyramids of the centuries past have all done the same thing, whether it’s to the people from Africa or the people in America and other regions of the world. They have all burned and destroyed a cultures past. I think I read that the Spanish destroyed the various aspects of the cultural record of the Mayans and other native people when they landed in Mexico and South America. The burning of the library of Alexandria, the destruction of the Greek and Roman temples and libraries. All of this is insanity to people like you and I but it’s empire building and destroying to these power hungry psychos. They try desperately to annihilate a groups sense of identity and demoralize them. Destroying their identity is a huge part of that and enslaving them adds another layer of fuckery.
Sadly the same is occurring today, enslavement and history destruction. They are destroying countless books, datasets, internet pages and more to try to rewrite the historical record. Castro’s son in Canada is trying to say that he didn’t force anyone to take a medical procedure despite the nauseating amount of evidence to the contrary.
We live in strange times but the other thing to keep in mind is that this isn’t the only iteration of human civilization, this is only the most recent which we have records for. There have been vast swaths of empires in the past that we are starting to uncover some evidence for but don’t have a good grasp as to how or what they did. Gobekli Tepei in turkey is an excellent example, massive ruins from well over 10,000 years ago and we just uncovered it but it was built with very great skill and ability to show that humans have been quite technologically advanced for many thousands of years, likely technology we have no idea or concept of what they did. It’s remarkable to find this stuff!
I must say you are far too kind and also vast in this matter. It's also sad that the few power hungry ones are everly eager to destroy or hide records. Look in America where they are currently banning some historical books. It seems once a person/nation is caught in that web, her captors makes possible in keeping them blind and mad at the wrong thing.
Humans are more advanced that recent time, I believe. But someone is always waiting to hit reset
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