Who told you that Black history begins on American soil? Who told you it was limited to a handful of inventions and the same noted individuals we recycle from year to year? Who told you that we represent little more than an insignificant footnote in the broader picture, which can be contained to a mere 28 days in the year, minus the weekends?

Yet many have accepted and normalized misconceptions, and this administration has made every effort to push back against the progress our people have made toward moving us forward as a nation. It’s an aggressive case of maintaining revisionist history, AKA “his story.”

In reality, our history goes back to the beginning of time when God the Creator fashioned us in His own image, the Imago Dei. Our history begins with the beginning of human beings, who gradually migrated across the globe. Eventually, others joined us over time and through climate adjustments.

The first Adam and Eve would become the ancestors of all mankind in the cradle of civilization, in an initial state of perfection, and in daily communion with God Himself. But once that covenant was broken through our disobedience via our God-given free will, we have been on a path of destruction and discontent.

Is it no wonder that we continue to see the enemy of the Garden continuing to make his presence known, for he is the author of confusion, the father of lies, and the truth is not in him, and everyone who bows the knee to him plays into his hand of wickedness and deceit.

So here we are, still fighting against the forces of evil, wickedness, mass confusion, and misinformation, feeling like we are pushing a boulder of truth up a steep hill that has just gotten steeper.

We’ve been misled and led astray by stories that focus nearly exclusively on “white” history and contributions. We are taught lessons that view history through a white lens. We are told that national and even global contributions were made primarily by “white” people, whether they be in the fields of music and various other art forms, science, religion, electronics, mathematics, a wide variety of inventions we use daily, medical procedures, basic hygiene, medicines, architecture, astronomy, etc., etc.

The world would not be what it is today without the massive contributions of Black people worldwide. We have been the victims of a stolen legacy that has been unapologetically rebranded under the umbrella of white supremacy.

We have been largely written out of history, while repeated images of white heroes on white horses wearing white hats routinely ride in to save the day. America has a white savior complex, and it’s supported on the walls of churches with a white Jesus.         

When you are bombarded over and over again with biased revisionist history, accompanied by white images of purity and heroes, you are getting indoctrinated into white supremacy.

As I like to say, you can teach white supremacy without teaching white supremacy. It’s the subtleties and consistencies of misinformation. If it’s the only song that’s played, it’ll be the only song that you’ll learn to dance to, and our nation dances to the tune of white supremacy.

So, how do we break these chains of brainwashing white oppression? I believe the answer may not be as complicated as some would have us believe. The key is education and reverse engineering the strategies that have gotten us here.

When we begin to take control of the narrative and teach an inclusive truth about history, provide truthful, recurring images in media and art, and promote greater integration with people of various skin colors, languages, and cultures, I believe we can largely eradicate this cancer from our society.

The reality is, Black history is everyone’s history.