Miseducation Of A Negro book
Indoctrination
Of enslaved brains is
What I got from these
Pages…how we mimic
How we look at each other
Like we’re not goin to make it….
Mr. Carter Godwin Woodson
Explains how black people go
On in life not knowin who they truly
Are….we learn about the lies
And taught not to give each other…
In so many books
Include this one
It shows the evidence of
How slavery affects our brains
So much that we believe
We have no history….
Some of us like Mr. Woodson
wondered
Where is our past? How come we ain’t
Studyin?
I’m glad he did a
Negro History Week
Just to love ourselves
Just to be devoted to ourselves
Learnin what we did,
Honestly it’s not enough….
Cos we should be learnin
Everyday we should learn how
To think for ourselves instead
Of ponderin like a white man…..
And we should help one another
To build, to inspire
Cos we shouldn’t need to be
white people’s charitable cases….
Education is important,
It’s why I read and write
To teach myself and others
To see the truth in different lens….
To look at the world
Especially my black people
I encourage them to
Figurin the harsh reality through
White man’s lies…still today
White man is still lyin through
His gum and fork tongue…
Even to this day
Black people
Are still miseducated…
They may not know this book
Miseducation Of A Negro
Exist…some refuse to read
Some don’t know how…
Right now
Black history has banned in American
In certain places
It’s possible that they have censored
This book in schools, libraries, in some
Local bookstores…who knows, right?
I suggest
You get this book
On your shelve…
This is an important read especially
If you’re black…
You should be able to understand
The miseducational system…
Hopefully
You pass this information to
Your generations and your loved ones…
✊🏿💯©️ Kai C. 9-25-25
2 comments:
This is a really powerful and necessary reflection on Carter G. Woodson's The Mis-Education of the Negro. Your post perfectly captures the book's core argument: that the systemic miseducation of Black people perpetuates a form of mental slavery that leads to self-contempt and a lack of collective unity.
It's disheartening, but you hit the nail on the head: the book is just as relevant—if not more so—today. The way you link the indoctrination described by Woodson to how we, as a community, still look at each other "Like we’re not goin to make it" is a profound and painful truth. The legacy of slavery is not just in monuments or laws; it's in the way we've been taught to devalue our own history and potential.
The shift from Negro History Week to a call for learning and thinking for ourselves every day is the crucial next step. We can't rely on a designated month or censored curriculum. True liberation, as you suggest, comes from self-education and collective building. It's about taking that "different lens" you speak of and using it to see the world—and our own people—with a clarity that rejects the "white man’s lies."
Your closing thoughts about the censorship and banning of Black history right now make the suggestion to get this book on our shelves a political and personal imperative. Reading Woodson today isn't just an educational exercise; it's an act of intellectual resistance and a commitment to ensuring our history and self-worth aren't erased.
Thank you for putting this out there and encouraging us all to not just read this book, but to act on its wisdom and pass it down.
Thank you for reading. I read that book last week. I decided to put a book review in a poem. I wanted people to read and think for themselves. Especially black people. I still see conditions today. Like I saw this lady who talked negative about Assasta Shakur’s passing. A couple of years or maybe a year ago the same lady talked positive about her. I have witnessed confusion.
Again thank you for reading.
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