"When you don't understand racism/white supremacy what it is and how it works then everything you think you understand will only confuse you."- Neely Fuller, Jr. This is the quote that I think about constantly when it comes to the deficit, disparities and lack that Black people have been dealing with ever since the inception of this settler colonial project we call America. We can't talk about the high illiteracy rates in our Black communities without putting the focus on where it started which is the denial of our basic human God given right to learn how to read. Even though we didn't create the problem WE still have a responsibility of solving it because, it has been adversely affecting our ability to thrive as a people. This is why in this episode I give a mini breakdown on why having Black people be in a perpetual state of illiteracy, aliteracy and not be educated was a necessary to evil to our enslavement. I also talk about why this was the reason I started ABC READ, INC. , the nonprofit organization that was founded to develop and nurture a culture of literacy in our Black and underserved communities throughout the city of Cleveland. I understood that reading was and will always be connected to our freedom and no one was/is coming to save us and we must save ourselves.
https://abcread.org/
https://abclearntutoring.com/
https://readingisfreedomshop.com/
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