America Needs to Tell the Truth

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eir attrotrices as an honor to their fame from the suppression of people of color. While it all represents an ugly part of history, all sides of truth must be mounted equally on these historic markers. America is out of balance with lies and little truth.</p><p id="2d74">For example, Woodrow Wilson taught at Bryn Mawr College and had a historic marker in his honor which has been removed because of the former U.S. president’s dismissive comments pertaining women’s intellect and his federal workforce segregation policy warranted its removal from the campus.</p><p id="84ef">Other markers removed pertained to the birthplace of Continental Army Major General Anthony Wayne referred to him as an “Indian fighter”; the 19th century Pittsburgh prison that noted that captured Confederate cavalry was held there during the Civil War; a Pittsburgh site, 1758 Military victory by British General John Forbes proclaimed Anglo-Saxon supremacy in the United States; Two markers in Pennsylvania Fulton County were revised with factual details, one on Confederate troops’ movements, and one related to a Confederate raid that left much of Chambersburg in ruins.</p><p id="962b">The Pennsylvania commission was instrumental in ensuring that their 2,500 markers focus on how Black and Indigenous Americans are portrayed and this led to a change in their new marker policy. Their markers modification is an ongoing process to ensure that all 2,500 markers represent the truth for all, avoiding sexism, racism, or any negativity of people of color.

With equal representation for all people being paramount with regards to historic markers, the commission has subsidized new markers on women, Latinos, Asian Americans, Black and LGBTQ’s history across the country. Most notable recently, new markers were installed representing the state’s first substantial Chinese immigrant Workforce, co-founder of one of the Black fraternity, and three documented female composers in Ephrata.</p><p id="c807"><b>To date</b>, the state’s 348 historical markers on Indigenous people, reflected racism and white nationalism. America has been built on the backs of people of color and lies regarding all communities of color and the day has come for the truth to be reflected in all historical markers nationwide.</p><p id="5a83"><b>In conclusion</b>, as to be expected, th

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e GOP and local politicians who have an ill-agenda exclusive of people of color have pushed back on having these historical markers modified with factual information. Thereby, many communities have become divided as a result.</p><p id="86e5">For racial healing, every community must raise their voice for facts and truth to be first and foremost not only on historic markers but in books, films, television, statues, images, flags and etc.</p><p id="13a4">For additional reads:</p><div id="0c77" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-supeme-court-plessy-vs-ferguson-gets-a-makeover-8d6fcd171f57"> <div> <div> <h2>The Supeme Court — Plessy vs. Ferguson Gets a Makeover</h2> <div><h3>How segregation was an evil that caused much harm and death.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*SxubBHmVjgCyKhLh)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="fb7d" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/u-s-colored-troops-thank-you-for-your-service-564c0bf69b5c"> <div> <div> <h2>U.S. Colored Troops Thank You for Your Service</h2> <div><h3>How the United States Colored Troops help win the war</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*DShQEkQJIpegg280.jpg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="0865" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/a-black-history-lesson-for-america-7c9126011a11"> <div> <div> <h2>A Black History Lesson for America</h2> <div><h3>How Blacks’ contributions have been whitewashed.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*RQQq66DjdFgWm_5i)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

America Needs to Tell the Truth

How the truth will set America free from racial bondage.

Photo by Matt Rourke/AP

Racial healing will come when the truth is allowed to surface in history books, television, films, education, and historical markers. The truth and a lie cannot co-exist, one will overshadow the other. The time has come for America to tell the truth about its history.

Pennsylvania has had a giant step in racial and factual reckoning on historic markers as they are removing and/or rewording several markers including the one in the above photo.

Words do matter and they can hurt especially when they degrade one race over another. In the above photo, the words stated that General Anthony Wayne was a Revolutionary Leader and an Indian fighter. This is the very same mentality that demands a reckoning with these historic markers.

Due to racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia August 2017, which provoked questions regarding whose stories were being told and the specificity language on these historic markers have been an awakening.

These questions have generated much scrutiny which has caused the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission to take a look at all their 2,500 markers being factual, racist, inadequate historical context, and inappropriate references.

Sometimes progress is slow in coming but trickles alone to an eventual end. The commission has removed two markers, revised two, and ordered new wording for two others. A watchful eye must stay alert to ensure all markers are reviewed and modified if need be.

Various statues, flags, names of institutions, roads, and geographical features have received much attention based on their perpetuation of racism and untruths. Some of these have been removed and replaced altogether and others have been modified negating racism and celebrating a sordid past. Likewise, the Equal Justice Initiative out of Montgomery, Alabama installed dozens of markers, primarily in the South that reeked of racial terror lynchings, while honoring legacies telling their attrotrices as an honor to their fame from the suppression of people of color. While it all represents an ugly part of history, all sides of truth must be mounted equally on these historic markers. America is out of balance with lies and little truth.

For example, Woodrow Wilson taught at Bryn Mawr College and had a historic marker in his honor which has been removed because of the former U.S. president’s dismissive comments pertaining women’s intellect and his federal workforce segregation policy warranted its removal from the campus.

Other markers removed pertained to the birthplace of Continental Army Major General Anthony Wayne referred to him as an “Indian fighter”; the 19th century Pittsburgh prison that noted that captured Confederate cavalry was held there during the Civil War; a Pittsburgh site, 1758 Military victory by British General John Forbes proclaimed Anglo-Saxon supremacy in the United States; Two markers in Pennsylvania Fulton County were revised with factual details, one on Confederate troops’ movements, and one related to a Confederate raid that left much of Chambersburg in ruins.

The Pennsylvania commission was instrumental in ensuring that their 2,500 markers focus on how Black and Indigenous Americans are portrayed and this led to a change in their new marker policy. Their markers modification is an ongoing process to ensure that all 2,500 markers represent the truth for all, avoiding sexism, racism, or any negativity of people of color. With equal representation for all people being paramount with regards to historic markers, the commission has subsidized new markers on women, Latinos, Asian Americans, Black and LGBTQ’s history across the country. Most notable recently, new markers were installed representing the state’s first substantial Chinese immigrant Workforce, co-founder of one of the Black fraternity, and three documented female composers in Ephrata.

To date, the state’s 348 historical markers on Indigenous people, reflected racism and white nationalism. America has been built on the backs of people of color and lies regarding all communities of color and the day has come for the truth to be reflected in all historical markers nationwide.

In conclusion, as to be expected, the GOP and local politicians who have an ill-agenda exclusive of people of color have pushed back on having these historical markers modified with factual information. Thereby, many communities have become divided as a result.

For racial healing, every community must raise their voice for facts and truth to be first and foremost not only on historic markers but in books, films, television, statues, images, flags and etc.

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