What Is Black History Invaluable?

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The need for humans to be superior has brought about a false standard or idea of civilization. Just like French, Spanish and other programs are taught in institutions, Black History deserves to be thought as well irrespective of whether a place is predominately white or not, it should be thought but not forced onto other. Black History is not invaluable because no history is invaluable except we make it invaluable. The same way there is a need for the white to believe it is only their History that matter and only their programs that matter and the notion of being more civilized, is the same way the people with dark skin also know as Black people believe their History matter, they are also civilized and in fact were the first civilization.
This is a conflict that is as a result of the need to have an edge, the need to be better, superior and most importantly the fear of being nothing, unwanted, invaluable. Both the Whites and Blacks are insecure and would continue to look for some form of validation whether they are right or wrong in order to feel needed, in control and protected. The reaction towards this article is simply neutral because both the supporters and adversaries of Afrocentricity are threatened by each other's ideas and
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It seems like the history of the blacks in America isn’t widely understood or accepted. To some white people, African American History is discouraged simply because of the fear that the black might feel empowered and raise up in social status and to the Blacks, having the history is a sense of empowerment and community in which they belong. The poem in the first three document urges children to seek out information about their history, their people and the achievements the blacks have made in the US history. Carter G Woodson urges blacks to learn about their history so they would know they are not inferior and are just people that have been set

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