{"id":10450,"date":"2020-02-07T23:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T23:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=10450"},"modified":"2020-02-07T23:22:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T23:22:07","slug":"history-of-blacks-cannot-be-celebrated-in-jus-one-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2020\/02\/07\/history-of-blacks-cannot-be-celebrated-in-jus-one-month\/","title":{"rendered":"History of blacks cannot be celebrated in jus one month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Deja Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Managing Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cA people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree with no roots.\u201d – Marcus Garvey<\/p>\n

It is now February. The month that some believe is the only month to celebrate African-American ancestors, wear our blackness, appreciate the achievements of our heroes… I could go on and on.<\/p>\n

Why do we only feel that way when February comes?<\/p>\n

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Commentary by Deja Davis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Black culture should be represented not only during Black History Month but every single day because it is too rich.<\/p>\n

We deserve that much as African-Americans and definitely those before us, especially in the south.<\/p>\n

I love to see our leaders who fought for freedom honored daily for doing the \u201cnormal everyday things,\u201d because it is a constant reminder that we were more than their work.<\/p>\n

They were real people like us who sacrificed so much for liberation and it is motivating to see that we can do it too.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it seems as though our generation now believes that Black History is losing its relevance and it has been a major concern for a while.<\/p>\n

We see very few programs here and there, and even fewer in schools today. It is not stressed enough how it should be, especially to children.<\/p>\n

My initial exposure to black culture took place at my home. My parents made sure that I knew and learned something new around me and could recite the information I learned back to them. From black history research papers, programs, tours were prominent back then to make us excited to learn about us as a people.<\/p>\n

I can remember graduating from high school knowing that I wanted to attend a HBCU but not knowing which one.<\/p>\n

Once I learned the history of my Dear Ole College Home, Jackson State I was immediately sold.<\/p>\n

The summer of July 2016, I came on campus for the college tour and was fascinated with the Gibbs\/Green plaza, not knowing the history behind it.<\/p>\n

It made me want to research more about my institution feeling empowered about the traditions, the diverse atmosphere, the feeling of having a second home, and of course the black excellence that came with it.<\/p>\n

I will never forget sitting in a class my junior year of college around this same time, hearing a student express that they were tired of seeing and hearing the same thing every year about Dr. Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Malcolm X to name a few.<\/p>\n

It was disheartening and very disappointing because why should we ever get tired of it?<\/p>\n

Our leaders didn\u2019t. They continued to make a difference and were eager to pass the torch to the newer generations.<\/p>\n

Sadly, what has happened is that we are constantly leaning on our social media platforms and our society to feed us knowledge that we should want to learn more about ourselves.<\/p>\n

We need to stop minimizing and start creating a better black future to connect with each other and also continue to pass it on to our children so it does not go unnoticed.<\/p>\n

Keep supporting black businesses and stop becoming intimidated by expressing your true self.<\/p>\n

Wear your natural hair, continue to take risks, embrace your style, and become comfortable being black.<\/p>\n

Black culture is the America\u2019s history. We now have all the tools. Let\u2019s make it a routine to learn something new about ourselves, continue to teach, and strive to keep it going.<\/p>\n

Black people lead culture. Everywhere. Now it is time to own it every day.<\/p>\n

Happy Black History Month!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Deja Davis Managing Editor \u201cA people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree with no roots.\u201d – Marcus Garvey It is now February. The month that some believe is the only month to celebrate African-American ancestors, wear our blackness, appreciate the achievements of our heroes… I could go […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10450","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-opinion"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}