With sharp, incisive wit, Harriot speaks hilarious truth to oppressive power, providing readers with a singular look at our shared history that is as comprehensive as it is utterly necessary. In Black AF History, Michael Harriot challenges this narrative, presenting more than thirty little-known stories about the experiences of Black Americans, from the Tulsa Race Massacre to the history of policing.
Or calling the cops on Black Americans for walking around their own neighborhoods, or listening to music, or bird-watching, or any other normal everyday activity. It could even be said that the historical devaluation and elimination of the experiences of Black people is as American as apple pie.
It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights-after all, history books were written with the perspective of white men at the forefront. Ukraines Black Sea ports were blockaded after Russias invasion last year, but access to three of them was cleared last July under a deal between Moscow and Kyiv brokered by the United Nations. From beloved columnist Michael Harriot comes a comprehensive and bitingly hilarious appraisal of American history, in which the dominant narrative is directly confronted and corrected to showcase the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. This item: Black Af History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot Hardcover 35. In Black AF History, Michael Harriot presents a more accurate version of American history.
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