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Originally Posted by Blitz
[quote:89263]Here at the University of Arizona the Center for African American Studies made a small museum lined with accomplishments from Blacks in science, academics, military history, social reform, literature, etc. I have lost count of how many times I heard:
"I didn't know that a black man helped invent that. . ."
"Blacks fought in the American Revolution. . .?"
"Some of the most decorated units in our military history were black units. . .?
"I love that guys music, i didn't know he was black. . ."
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This is interesting logic, by considering we are all homo-sapiens and have the same physiological and mental capacities(generally speaking), then anyone of any race should be able to acomplish feats like these, given they put work into something. But by infering it took something special to do these things seems to me like they are making black people sound inferior inadvertently...[/quote:89263]
In the 1700's blacks in the colonies were declared 1/4 of a person.
Many people in the 1800's justified slavery by saying that it was better for blacks to be owned by whites, because they could be taken care of. they were incapable of living on their own and did not possess the mental faculties to learn to read or write.
In World War II black soldiers were initially not allowed rifles because it was feared they would injure themselves die to the "complex mechanism" of the weapon.
Blacks were not allowed to become paratroopers because it was the consensus among the Army High Command that "Negros do not have the necessary dexterity to operate a parachute". That was from an official Army report.
I understand what you're saying Blitz. You would think so in terms of us all being human, but it took 400+ years for blacks to be recognized as people in the U.S. This memorial gets their accomplishments known. I think it highlights that they are just as equal.