Hello roundtable, welcome back. Well we’ve made it to February and what’s so special about February, besides my husband and son’s birthday, its black history month. Now don’t get so caught up in the words, black history or African American history, it’s still our history. What a wonderful month! Why, you ask? Well this month we really get to get down in the wire and learn about our roots. Shouldn’t we be doing that every month? Yes, we should, but we should also save money every month and how many of you do that? Anyway, I love learning about my culture throughout the year but I also like February because it makes others have to learn something new about us too. You see, I just saw on the news this morning that kids were not learning good information about slavery.
The news stated that they were only getting half the story. Now I don’t know where they were getting their information, but I’ve known that for years and if you have gone to school you have too. This is not a racial post just stating facts, so please don’t get into your feelings. Truth is there were a lot of African Americans who contributed to society that we barely know about. If you follow me on social media I am doing a trivia question every week surrounding black history. Note, the question will not be your typical Martin Luther King Jr. or Malcolm X questions, you will have to research it.
Lol, of course it’s not hard, it’s fun, but it makes you think and learn something new about our culture. Now that we have gotten passed that let’s discuss making sure you do something supportive this month. If you don’t frequent other black owned businesses than this is the time to do it. Challenge yourself to only use or patron black owned businesses. If you typically buy your hair from an Asian establishment than try a black owned hair store. If you typically get your taxes done at H and R block or something similar than try a black owned tax service. Read a book wrote by a black author. Now if you’re a black owned business don’t burn the patrons that come to your establishment. We must support each other to build a community. We must lift each other up because there is more than enough to go around. Let’s learn and grow together. Let me know what you think and try to leave an interesting African American History fact when you speak. Keep it respectful. See you at the next discussion!