500 years later

I'm watching this documentary/commentary called . Its about what's happened in the world 500 years after slavery. I want to quote two African proverbs that resonate deeply with me: "Until a lion tells his tale, the story will always glorify the hunter" and "Children not taught by their parents will be taught by the world." I'm not really sure how I should be feeling about this film other than being filled with anger. It almost feels like another kill whitey moment but that will not solve the issue. This film talks about displaced Africans as a people that need to be told the truth about the history from which we have evolved. How do you do this? We are constantly being bombarded with images that cast Africans, and its displaced descendants as a victim that deserved what institution of slavery did to them. But now there are efforts to say that slavery was the best thing that could have ever happened to Africans and their descendants. We need to know our history, if you don't know your history you won't know how much you can achieve. This is why we have been given watered down history books. What is so scary about having a group people reach their full potential. That would create so much more opportunity by knowing that you have helped people reach their full potential. But we as a global nation thrive off hiding the truth and therefore throwing away potential to make this world a better place. "African people are the largest consumers of self-mutilation products; skin bleaching, hair straightening, artificial nails, false hair, etc." I think that this is the most interesting statement. To think of all the things that I was taught growing up are just forms of self mutilation. This is what years of hatred turned self-hatred has turned us into, nothing but self-mutilators. We are still in a state of slavery. People may not see it but its there. There aren't many people of color running fortune 500 companies, African-Americans are the most disenfranchised group of people because more or going to jail than to school, and we are still being fed lies about our history. "Education is the most powerful weapon that can be used to change the world." "Only a fool would let his enemy educate his children" -Malcom X Education should be liberating society and not enslaving it. But we are living under this draconian rule in which ideals from 500 years ago are still running a society in 2011. The ongoing African Holocaust. I am deeply saddened by this and see a great need for change... What can you do? Be a role model for kids, show them their history, be constructive and not destructive. Our children of color, better yet, Africans and African diaspora are falling through the cracks. If they are falling through the cracks then that means we are walking all over them, and that shows a lack of humanity. Show and Teach the TRUTH!