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The Genocide Once Reported Never Must Fade Again
Black Americans Spoke Out and We Few Must Lift Their Voices Up
Come on, I can take it. How come no one told me of this major work from Black America history? Here’s how it starts [all indented quotes from the introduction itself]:
“It is sometimes incorrectly thought that genocide means the complete and definitive destruction of a race or people. The Genocide Convention, however, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on December 9, 1948, defines genocide as any. killings on the basis of race, or, in its specific words, as “killing members of the group.” Any intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, racial, ethnic, or religious group is genocide, according to the Convention. Thus, the Convention states, “causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group” is genocide as well as “killing members of the group.”
I’ve done years of research and finished two works on these topics of historical repression, trying to contribute some new angles. So how have I missed this critical work of Black American history? As long as school systems teach bits of history, they craft, then the most serious works written by black Americans will get eliminated and the scraps and facts they choose will get shaped and forced to fit into a unified narrative of constant white liberty success.
