What To The Negro Is Old Glory On A Pickup Truck?
In the wake of the July 4th remembrance earlier this week, I ponder the question Frederick Douglass asked in 1855; what to the slave is the fourth of July?
After rereading his speech, another question came to mind, a question regarding the symbol of the colonists fight for independence — that being the American flag.
To the descendants of Alkebulan in America, what is to you is the American flag?
As a youth, I remember putting my hand over my chest and saying the pledge of allegiance. I said it because I was taught to say it. As a child, I saw nothing wrong with it. However, as I grew in my faith and in my Blackness, I stopped saying the pledge; my allegiance was to my Lord and my pledge was to my people.
Once in high school, I stopped saying it. In fact, I stayed seated, much to the chagrin of my teachers. When I was a teacher, I never made my homeroom say it, much to the chagrin of my administration.
Absent a sense of history, the flag means nothing. Schools typical indoctrinate young people with a false sense of history, directly or indirectly — providing a sense of pride for young…
