Inscribed in the Temple of Luxor is written one simple command
“Know Thyself”
3 Life Changing Lessons from Toussaint Louverture | blackhistory.school
This post is brought to you by Elliott Reid, founder of blackhistory.school who brings Black Heroes to life through school curriculums and comic books Toussaint Louverture is, without a doubt, the most impressive man in recorded history. A man born into slavery in St Domingue (Haiti) who purchased his freedom by 30. He was a successful…
Black Youth | Who is responsible?
Exploring the environment of black youth with youth worker and founder of 1 Step Away From, K
Meghan Markle and British Racism
The Oprah Interview | I’m shocked that people are shocked My experiences of dating outside my race have been fairly predictable; give it enough time and someone is going to say something fairly inappropriate and quite possibly overtly offensive. In fact, if I were to pick a family to marry into which I suspected would…
But we were all slaves once | a rebuttal
“We were all slaves once” is a common argument that has no logical basis. We shall cover the psychological harm done when diluting the transatlantic slave trade amongst other forms of slavery.
The removal of Black Heroes
The psychological reason for why we need our heroes and why they were taken from us
4 Black Heroes who changed the world
4 Black Heroes who changed the world. And the psychology behind why we need heroes in our image
All People are Racist… at first
All people are racist… and then hopefully decreasingly so I have just finished reading Marley K’s piece “All White People are Racist”… it’s inflammatory to say the least but that’s me speaking from a scientific perspective. None of us have met all people; we can spot trends or correlations but we can’t logically label all people…
Finding meaning in suffrage | response to Tee “Privilege of Peace of Mind”
Black People don’t need Positivity. We need meaning I read “The Privilege of Peace of Mind” by Tee. It moved me The title hits you before you’ve even opened the article. I was moved, yet also left in disagreement. I am Jamaican-British. I descend from freedom fighters and revolutionaries. My family fought with Sam Sharpe against the British in 1831.…
Why there is there no Black History in the Curriculum
“Why is there not black history in the black curriculum?!” A difficult question to answer without context, right? For example, why is there little to no: Native American historyMongolian historyIndian history I could go on. But we then must ask why is Black history so important? You could argue that black people represent 2.5% of…
The Real Black History | the good, the bad and the ugly
My name is Elliott Reid. I am an Osteopath, a business owner and have a special interest in Black History. Or African history to be precise. Why? Because I think it is extremely important for a people to be proud of where they come from. But to be proud of where you come from, you…
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