No Accident
The Miseducation of America
It’s no accident, that
You learned about Helen Keller
instead of W.E.B. DuBois, and the Watts and
L.A. Riots, but not those in Tulsa or
Wilmington; or, that
You learned that George Washington’s
dentures were made from wood, rather than
the teeth of slaves; or, that
You learned about the New Deal and black
ghettos, but never about redlining and Black
Wall Street.
It’s no accident, that
You heard and learned about “black on black
crime,” but white criminals have never been
lumped together and discussed in such terms
as their race, creed, color, or gender identity; or, that
You learned about “states rights” as the cause
of the Civil War, fought to preserve the Union,
but not that slavery was mentioned 80 times
in the articles of secession.
It’s no accident, that
