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  The history of the  belief of white privileged arrived on  the shores of this country with the arrival of the Pilgrims in New England on November 11, 1620.  It was then further  enshrined in the U.S. Constitution in 1776 when Thomas Jefferson penned “all men are created equal.”  Given the fact that Native Americans were labeled as savages and Black people had already been enslaved since 1619, Jefferson really meant that all white men, more so if they owned land, were created equal.

When I was asked by then-Charleston Mayor Joe Riley 23 years ago to chair the steering committee to develop his vision of establishing such a museum in Charleston, I thought of the countless slaves that were stolen from their homeland, stripped of their identities, and brought to this strange land in shackles. But I also thought of the African Americans who rose above the circumstances of their ancestors and their countless descendants eager to honor their memories. I said during my dedication remarks that IAAM tells the story of perseverance through the middle passage, resistance to enslavement, triumphs over Jim Crow, and significant contributions to the greatness of this country.

     In America there is a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the healthcare therapists’ field, and there is a need for more organizations to address this problem. The National Association of Black Physical Therapists’ goal is to address the emotions and feelings of the lone minorities embarking on a journey to become physical therapists and physical assistants.

        If your oppressors or exploiters hate someone you know and respect, hate from devils, witches, and wrongdoers is “good hate”!

     We’re in a moment when we can finally shift from an economy defined by consumption back to one defined by working people making and using things they can be proud of again from electric school buses to solar panels.

   America’s government, since its  founding on July 4, 1776, has accumulated a legacy of using its laws as  weaponization tactics to harm, kill and enslave Indigenous and Black people. Thus, ensued the belief by this government  that white people were superior and thereby had the right to eradicate Indians using cultural genocide. The Supreme Court in 1857 ruled that Black people were  not citizens and slavery continued from 1619 thru 1865.