07/25/2026
Day two of our trip with It takes a whole village. DCI and our friend from Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
We went to the Legacy Museum. The Legacy Sites I did this trip before as an MLK Scholar at Ithaca College now i’m here again with kids younger than even I was at the time.
It is a must go for everyone who calls America home and those beyond, as it shows the harsh reality of our history. It details how our nation was built on the backs of kidnapped Africans, and how those waves reverberate out into every facet of our society.
One thing very important to me, is the distinction that Africans (and us as Black folks) are very intelligent, incredibly skilled, and driven people who deserve love and care. Africans have and had incredibly advanced societies, skills, trades, and communities, and they were sold off on auction blocks and splintered from their families then branded as less than. And guess what? We are living in the wake of that. We still struggle to trace our lineage and equality is still a goal to reach.
The wealth that has compounded in white families across the country and world was built using the enslaved labor of my people. We showed these kids that reality, and they were left speechless.
You don’t learn this in history books. I implore you, especially as a white person, contend with the trauma of your own history steeped in hate, and come out with love on the other side. That is how we will succeed.
