BLACK HISTORY

I WAS TALKING TO A MAN ABOUT POLITICS. HE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY ABOUT ALL OF THE NEWS COVERAGE, MEDIA SPINS AND CAMPAIGN TRAILS. THIS MAN HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT HISTORY. AFRICAN SLAVERY IS OFTEN JUSTIFIED IN AMERICA BY THE FACT THAT AFRICANS ENSLAVED AFRICANS. THIS IS A FACT. WHAT PEOPLE NEGLECT TO MENTION IS THAT IN AFRICA WHEN PEOPLE WERE ENSLAVED IT WAS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT AND THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE FREED FROM BONDAGE. IN TODAYS SOCIETY IT WOULD BE THE EQUIVALENT OF A PENAL SYSTEM. FURTHER MORE, AFTER THEIR "SENTENCE" WAS UP, THESE AFRICANS WERE NOT ONLY FREED BUT THEY ALSO HAD THE CHANCE TO BECOME CHIEF. IT TOOK CENTURY'S OF BONDAGE FOR US TO GET TO THIS POINT. IT TOOK A MIDDLE PASSAGE, PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RAPE, IT TOOK ENDURANCE, RESILIANCE, AND A COMMUNITY... HAVEKNOTS ARE RUNNING WITH YOU AGAINST SEN. MCCAIN. WE ARE HERE. WE NOW HAVE OUR OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME CHIEF