this Black History Month, take extra care
musings on worth, denial, celebration
Happy Black History Month. Today begins the designated 28 or 29 days America sets aside every year to reflect on and celebrate Black contributions to the culture, and to the world. I associate this time very much with my childhood, with fluorescent-lit classrooms where white schoolteachers would regale me with tales of Harriet Tubman, George Carver Was…