Thread by @KosherSoul

Let's have a chat brother Jamal.

Black historical interpreters are not slaves. They interpret the lives of our Ancestors. Without them our past lacks a critical voice bolstered by our contemporary experience.

When you say "play" it assumes that I'm cosplaying. NOPE. Dressing in period clothing is not easy or fun. I'm also not an actor or reenactor.

Also "damn slave." Naw. Our Ancestors were enslaved...thats a condition NOT an identity. Neither of our Ancestors were "slaves." They didn't have "masters" they had "slaveholders" or "enslavers." Catch up with the language.

It's really unfair that I've dedicated my life to teaching #BlackHistory and yet symbolics and stereotypes get in the way of how some people approach me. I've accomplished a lot, made a positive difference and brought attention to our past and present achievements.

But if all you want to see is "SMH....whats wrong with Black ppl...he needs help bc he likes playing a slave..." I'm not the one. With all due respect. Naw. Not today.

Could be worse though..

I'm used to this nonsense. But you know a plantation museum without Black interpreters is like Auschwitz-Birkenau without context. Only it's a multi million dollar industry that relies on our shame to erase our history and our Ancestors.

Black people being ashamed of their enslaved family and Ancestors is like people who are ashamed of survivors of abuse. It's a predictable legacy of enslavement. Stigma. Shame. Regret. Humiliation. By association....

But in my presentations it's not about being submissive but being subversive. I'm about resistance not reenactment. I'm about education not enslavement. Our people are entrepreneurs, scholars,culinary artists and pioneers.

But yeah, Google me.

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