6 myths about the history of Black people in America that Black People believe that perpetuates victimhood

 VOX published this long read article.  It's good.  They are tearing the mask from so many myths. Read the whole thing

 From VOX

To study American history is often an exercise in learning partial truths and patriotic fables. Textbooks and curricula throughout the country continue to center the white experience, with Black people often quarantined to a short section about slavery and quotes by Martin Luther King Jr. Many walk away from their high school history class — and through the world — with a severe lack of understanding of the history and perspective of Black people in America.

Last summer, the New York Times’s 1619 Project burst open a long-overdue conversation about how stories of Black Americans need to be told through the lens of Black Americans themselves. In this tradition, and in celebration of Black History Month, Vox has asked six Black scholars and historians about myths that perpetuate about Black history. Ultimately, understanding Black history is more than learning about the brutality and oppression Black people have endured — it’s about the ways they have fought to survive and thrive in America.

IF you believe any of these, you are decievcd
Myth 1: That enslaved people didn’t have money
Myth 2: That Black revolutionary soldiers were patriots
Myth 3: That Black men were injected with syphilis in the Tuskegee experiment
Myth 4: That Black people in early Jim Crow America didn’t fight back
Myth 5: That crack in the “ghetto” was the largest drug crisis of the 1980s
Myth 6: That all Black people were enslaved until emancipation