During my five years teaching Developmental English at an HBCU, we were encouraged to bring up Afrocentric or at least topics relevant to Black young adults. One of the articles that really shaped my views was from issues-views.com, "Keeping the Eye on Failure, or How to make sure the patient doesn't get well." This article written by a Black conservative lady (whose name escapes me) contended that too much of what is taught in Black history focuses on negative stuff to the extent that Black history reads like enslavement, freedom, civil rights with little good in between. One tragedy is that …
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