Want to know why #BlackHistoryMonth is so critical?
In November, someone left brown dolls in nooses at California middle and high schools full of Asian immigrant kids.
Students got nervous. They knew what it meant.
Most of their parents ignored it. They didn't get the symbolism or implication.
For these Asian immigrant kids, learning Black history was a critical tool to navigate the world they live in:
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https://indiacurrents.com/dolls-in-nooses-racism-jolts-saratoga-schools/
From the article:
“‘In Redwood Middle School, a parent meeting previously planned [prior to the noose doll incident] suddenly saw no attendance from parents after the incident. The subject was not discussed,’ said Chani Modi, President of PTA Redwood Middle School, to India Currents. “
“‘My mom doesn’t understand…she knows it is bad, but she doesn’t get the issue,” said a middle schooler who speaks Mandarin…‘…She did not grow up in the US.’”
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In the wake of finding nooses left at area schools, some students formed an anti-racism task force.
Others reported on a social media account from a “Los Gatos KKK” writing on “white genocide.”
Learning Black history gave them real-world tools to see and respond to the racism targeting their schools.
This was a small local incident in a wealthy immigrant city, but it’s a critical story to share when #BlackHistoryMonth, and the teaching of Black history and activism, is under attack.
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@anirvan What fascists really hope immigrant communities will never understand is that the immigrant experience is made possible by the blood of Black people.
Naturalization classes and documents that are in languages that aren't English? A protection afforded by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This is why we don't have an official language. You're welcome, cousins.
#BlackHistory is your history, too.
#BlackHistory is the history they didn't teach or glossed over in my school. I've had to learn it on my own.
