“The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down,” said Frederick Douglas.
“Sometimes people who don’t know how to handle their freedom will reinvent their oppression,” said Shelby Steele
Choosing victimhood is a sign of not knowing how to handle Freedom. Being a victim is a choice to stay down.
The people who choose to get up will be joined by others who desire more than victimhood. They will bind themselves together and rise no matter the outside environment. That group, filled with individuals who depend upon themselves yet rely on and help others, develops those principles of freedom of which American Exceptionalism is made.
America is not without her own history of oppression. Yet, as De Tocqueville wrote, “The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.” And America can’t repair her faults without people who despite victims clamoring around them are determined to form “a more perfect union.”
These are the stories of people who fought for their vision of freedom freedom in the face of segregation and oppression. They learned the principles of freedom and taught them to their children and others around them. They REFUSED to be victims. They chose independence and REJECTED the calls for victimhood all around them.
I have gone quickly but the stories and principles are in this book written by them that reject being victims and teach principles of freedom that lift all people to self determination and exceptionalism.
There is no red, white, and blue, in America without the history of red, white,and black.
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A Death Blow to the 1619 Project?
Red, White, and Black, Rescuing American History from Revisionists and Race Hustlers, Robert L. Woodson Sr., Editor, is an excellent well-rounded refutation of the revisionist 1619 Project.I did not know all of the authors of the various essays, so I don't know for sure, but the ones I recognized or who identified themselves as such caused me to believe all are black. This was very helpful, for me a white guy, to get a view of their understanding of both the horrors and continuing results of slavery.As bad as the horrors were, the predominate opinion as I read them is that racism is not systemic in the United States of America. It exists here, as it does in all societies. However, the USA founding fathers, imperfect as they were, built the foundation for a nation built on freedom for all. That freedom is under attack by those who would take this heritage of "liberty for all" from us.This is an excellent book.The writers did not overlook the pain and degradation of slavery, but they, individually and as a group, refused to agree that the worst of our past as a nation is our only defining characteristic.Exceedingly well written by a variety of authors, this book gives a black perspective on America that is often overlooked but is vitally important.Red, White, and Black is a must read for all Americans of every race and political persuasion who want to be fully informed about that too often unreported viewpoint.
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 15, 2022