The Importance of History

I just wanted to take this time to stress the important of history not just black and African history but history in general. It is a cliche but it is very true that if you do no know where you've been you will not know where you are going. Without history we lose culture, we lose direction we even lose our civility. When a people is without history they are forced to use everything that is around them to develop an identity, now if what surrounds you is death, destruction, anger, violence, then out of that you will develop an identity that embodies all of those sub-human qualities. As African Americans we have lost our history and it has been replaced with a negative image of self, we lack a love for self and because of that we are self destructive not only personally but to our fellow African Americans.For Example we have popularized and internalized the word NIGGER oh yes people say we have jazzed it up and replaced the ER with an A but we (and I say we because I include myself) use that word to describe our loved ones, our peers, and ourselves. Which is a way of labeling every African American we encounter as ignorant no longer viewing oursevles as a respectable people. If we don't respect us do you think anyone else will.