On this day in "black" history...
Well, since it's black history month for the people who've been called "African Americans" since the mid 80s, a term created especially for them which separates them from the original people (more on that later), who were called "black" before that for about 25 years, and before that were referred to as "colored" for another 20 or so years, and before that called "negro", which legally places them in a limbo between human and beast without the capability to govern themselves.
The government switched the label used to define us from negro and colored to "black" in the 1960s.
So what does "black" history mean anyways...Trump was recorded saying that it should be changed to "African American" history, since that's what we're called now. But, since these terms are no more than a combined forty-something years old, shouldn't they use "colored - negro" history just so there's no confusion when discussing the already confusing condition that our people are in and why their name/label gets switched up every couple of decades?
Well, since it's black history month for the people who've been called "African Americans" since the mid 80s, a term created especially for them which separates them from the original people (more on that later), who were called "black" before that for about 25 years, and before that were referred to as "colored" for another 20 or so years, and before that called "negro", which legally places them in a limbo between human and beast without the capability to govern themselves.
Black History Theoretically Should Only Go Back Until The 1960s
The government switched the label used to define us from negro and colored to "black" in the 1960s.
So what does "black" history mean anyways...Trump was recorded saying that it should be changed to "African American" history, since that's what we're called now. But, since these terms are no more than a combined forty-something years old, shouldn't they use "colored - negro" history just so there's no confusion when discussing the already confusing condition that our people are in and why their name/label gets switched up every couple of decades?