Facts: Twisted Perspective

Fact I came across lately:

- Cowrie shells were used as currency up until the late 1800's in some parts of the world.

Perspective change > Many enslaved transported to this continent, had cowrie shells hidden on on their persons... They came here with currency. Meaning they were active in lives, selling, trading... living. Of course this is the case, but it is imprinted on some memory of mine, by years of societal teaching, that my ancestors were just running around with no clothes on, savages, doing nothing of importance on the African Continent... so it was okay and really to their betterment to be taken and taught "something". You know, I am by no means uneducated or unfamiliar to Tru African, American history, but there are still these little "triggers" or "keys" embedded in my mind/memory that act of their own accord, involuntarily. Self induced restraints/racism put there by this society's collective mind.

- Wars were occurring on the African Continent while The [En]Slave[d] Trade was going on.

This is something that I did not know up until earlier this year. I learned this from a Spanish friend who was taught this in school. I was never taught this in school.

Perspective change > Okay so here goes another one... I always had the impression there was no fight put up on the part of my ancestors... now that I think of it, the image in my head was of some simpletons just accidently being caught and not know what was going on or being tricked... poor pititul fools. Wow that is really a sick thing to think about one ancestors (about one's self?), especially when it is not the Truth! and to not know or realize or understand why that deep dark feeling is there or to even be to ashamed to admit that feeling is there... wow, what a mind u-know-what! And how does this believing this self-deprecating notion/non-sense affect who you believe you are and what you believe you can do? Another self-induced restraint.

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I remember seeing on PBS about 20 some years ago that documents were found in Charlotte, North Carolina (? I believe that's were it was) written by the cities founders about how with the end of the Civil War, the chains needed to be invisible ones of... psychological chains. I wish I could find something about these documents on the net, but I have not been able to as of yet.