Checking Out Me History Flashcards
1
Q
He feels his history has been hidden to him
A
“Blind me to me own identity”
2
Q
He has to find his own history
A
“Bandage up me eye with me own history”
3
Q
The info he learns
A
“Dem tell me bout 1066”
“Robin hood”
4
Q
What he doesn’t learn
A
“Toussant L’Ovoure”
Black leader of Haitian revolution to abolish slavery
5
Q
The info he learns is useless
A
“Cow who jump over de moon”
6
Q
He’s finding out his own identity and it’s hard
A
“I carving out me identity”
7
Q
The perfect example of a juxtaposition between black and white
A
“Florence Nightingale”
“Mary Seacole”
