The Miseducation of the Negro
by Carter Godwin Woodson
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Author: Carter Godwin WoodsonIntroduction: H. Khalif Khalifah
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-01-01
ISBN: 1564110419
Number of pages: 215
Publisher: Khalifah/UB & US Communications Sys
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Book Review: Mis-education of the Negro in Proper Perspective
Summary: 5 Stars
THE MIS-EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO
IN PROPER PERSPECTIVE
When we reprinted the first edition of The Mis-Education of the Negro, back in the early 90's, it created a great stir in the Black community. It was not as dynamic as was the uproar about my reprinting Stolen Legacy, by George G. M. James, but the message was clear: "you have no right to print these books without permission."
While I was of no doubt that I had a perfect legal right to republish the books, the moral right caused me to take a good look at my motives. The first motive was that both books, `Miseducation...' and `Stolen Legacy' were priceless as for as the information needs of Black people. Even today, there are few books on a par with them, that can pull the covers that hide the facts about our true history. When the Reparations Movement moved into high gear, these two books, along with Message to the Blackman, by The Honorable Elijah Muhammad and Reparations, Yes, by Dr. Imari Obadele, Atty. Chokwe Lumumba and Professor/Atty Nketchi Taifa were essential for a thorough understanding of why we were demanding to be paid Reparations, now.
These books tell in the clearest language and context possible about the evidence of what was taken/stolen from Black people. And of course, there is yet to be any book that outlines the legal case for reparations, like Reparations, Yes! When one adds the essence of The Message to the Blackman, The Spiritual Dynamic, you then have the three major component aspects of the what the Liberation Struggle of Afrikan people is all about. The true Black history that is taught in Mis-education of the Negro & Stolen Legacy is essential to fully understanding Black history.
Mis-Education of the Negro is easily one of the most important book of all time. Now that Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder (PTSlaveryD) has been properly diagnosed, there has also been an increase in the demand for Mis-education of the Negro. This is for good reason; some 75 years before the phase PTSlaveryD) was coined, Carter G. Woodson wrote the book that told in the clearest language possible, how Black people were `educated' to live in contradiction to their own best interest. This is what the disorder called Post Traumatic Slavery is: a mental condition that cause a people to be other than of sound mind - especially when it comes to their own interest, or the interest of their own kind.
Carter G. Woodson tell clearly that this was by design and purpose: Black people were "mideducated" to behavior in our best interest.
The book explains the behavior that caused him to title his book "The Miseducation of the Negro. Number one is the fact that our people acquire the education, proscribed by other people, that openly slants the educational processes to their own self interest. And they do so in total disregard to how it injures Black people. For while there is much in the processes that benefit the truly educated, the mixture of falsehoods, lies, distortions, omissions & etc. poisons the minds of the unsuspecting. Simply saying that Black people are a subject people so have no choice, is not a sufficient answer. It was not sufficient in 1934. And it is not sufficient in 2006.
In this book, Carter G. Woodson lays the blame for our behavior squarely at the feet of the Black professional. Time after time he gives examples of the ill behavior that is because of the Miseducation of the Negro. Number one, here, is that the professional Black man and woman, for the most part, do not take personal responsible to come back to the community and help in the processes to lift this people. Instead, he takes jobs in the poisonous systems, where he presides over the continued Mis-education of his own kind.
Carter G. Woodson, today would lambaste super rich black people who build football and basketball stadiums, rather than institutions that would help in the "Re-education of Black people.
H. Khalif Khalifah
Khalifah2@khalifah
Summary of The Miseducation of the Negro
In 1933, American historian and educator Carter Woodson delivered a powerful denouncement of "Euro-centric" school curricula that inspired black Americans to demand relevant learning opportunities inclusive of their own culture and heritage. Similar thoughts, expressed in other addresses and articles, formed the basis for this landmark work by� the pioneering crusader of black education.
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